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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:37:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de> To: Tomas M <tomas@...x.org> cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: LZMA compression algorithm in Kernel - any chance to allow it? On Friday 2008-06-27 16:11, Tomas M wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Thursday 2008-06-26 22:17, Pavel Machek wrote: >>>> If I (or anybody else) submit LZMA code for inclusion in kernel, would you ACCEPT IT ?? (assuming the code looks nice to you) >>> You need some good reason why lzma should be in kernel... like 'cramfs >>> can use it'...? >> >> squashfs if at all. >> > >Well anything can use lzma or any other compressions, not only squashfs. >Squashfs is a great example, where you get 30% smaller filesystems compared to gzip. I rather meant "who would still use cramfs", given that squashfs actually crams more files into the same space. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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