linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29

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Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:16:32 +0100
From:	"Leon Woestenberg" <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>
To:	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Jörn Engel" <joern@...fs.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, "David Brown" <lkml@...idb.org>,
	"Phil Oester" <kernel@...uxace.com>,
	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	"Phillip Lougher" <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>,
	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29

Hello,

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
>> I think squashfs usage would be similar - you'd not have squashfs as a
>> standalone media, it would be a "installation medium" thing.
>
> Plenty of existing, active squashfs use on router firewall standalone media.
>   Here is my home router running unmodified OpenWRT:
>
> It will be nice to finally get squashfs in the kernel, since it is actively
> used all over the place in embedded projects like OpenWRT.
>
Indeed, in embedded projects squashfs is" Used Everywhere Where Size Matters".
The adds read: "Even my girlfriend recommends it for everyday use."
(At least, that's what I've heard.)

Thanks for the people who could review and make the upcoming merger happen,
and kudos to Phillip.

Regards,
-- 
Leon
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