On Thursday 23 April 2009 23:16:37 wireless wrote: > Nicola Mfb wrote: > > 2009/4/23 Previdi Roberto <[email protected]>: > >> ewithoutu much effort. The remaining problem is that each package > >> configure phase is very slow, i think because of the slow disk access > >> (it must read/write on the microsd card..). > >> so, is there any tested way to speed up everything? i used ext3 for > >> the partition filesystem, so i think that is slowing down everything.. > > > > I did not digged deeply but ext3 for me is too slow, I returned to > > ext2 without trying to tune it. > > You know, I do not even have one of these devices. However, > I have read about "squashfs" as part of the 2.6.29 kernel > offering. It's suppose to be the best thing, since sliced > bread, for embedded devices. > > > Have not got around to using it on any device, but, it > *may* be what your need.... > > http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/ > > Maybe others have experience with squashfs? 1. squashfs-lzma isn't supported nether by vanilla or openmoko kernel 2. squashfs is *read-only* FS, it isn't what he need now, and actually it hard use it as rootfs, maybe just in pair with unionfs or aufs 3. compression is very good, portage in squashfs-gzip just ~60Mb
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