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diff --git a/system/unionfs-fuse/README b/system/unionfs-fuse/README index f49b8ef95d..15eb5cc1bc 100644 --- a/system/unionfs-fuse/README +++ b/system/unionfs-fuse/README @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ unionfs-fuse is a unionfs filesystem implementation using fuse. -It is meant to be way more flexible than the current in-kernel unionfs solution. +It is meant to be way more flexible than the current in-kernel unionfs +solution. Why choose this stuff? - * The filesystem has to be mounted after the roots are mounted when using the standard module. - With unionfs-fuse, you can mount the roots later and their contents will appear seamlesly - * You get caching (provided by the underlying FUSE page cache) which speeds things up a lot for free - * Advanced features like copy-on-write and more + * The filesystem has to be mounted after the roots are mounted when + using the standard module. With unionfs-fuse, you can mount the + roots later and their contents will appear seamlesly. + * You get caching (provided by the underlying FUSE page cache) which + speeds things up a lot for free. + * Advanced features like copy-on-write and more. Why NOT choose it? - * Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes - kernel-only solution clear speed-winner + * Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context + switches which makes a kernel-only solution clear speed-winner. |