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diff --git a/system/unionfs-fuse/README b/system/unionfs-fuse/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f49b8ef95d --- /dev/null +++ b/system/unionfs-fuse/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +unionfs-fuse is a unionfs filesystem implementation using fuse. +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 + +Why NOT choose it? + * Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes + kernel-only solution clear speed-winner |