From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:28:24 GMT
Subject: Re: Yet another base64 patch
Message-ID: <42635388.90207@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050415165532.05ed5dc4.paul@permanentmail.com>

Paul Dickson wrote:
> 
> Since 160-bits does not go into base64 evenly anyways, what happens if
> you use 2^10 instead of 2^12 for the subdir names?  That will be 1/4 the
> directories of the base64 given above.
> 

I was going to try one-character subdirs, so 2^6, but I haven't had a 
chance to do that since I'm at LCA.

Anyway, I'm starting to suspect it's too late to change the format, 
especially since Linus seems highly disinclined.

	-hpa