linux-kernel - Re: RFC: direct MTD support for SquashFS

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Message-ID: <871vfam00k.fsf@tac.ki.iif.hu>
Date:	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:28:43 +0100
From:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
To:	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: direct MTD support for SquashFS

Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk> writes:

>>>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>  Phillip> BTW as a comparison, I have added MTD support to Squashfs
>  Phillip> twice in the past, *with* bad block support.  The latest has a
>  Phillip> diff patch of ~500 lines, with far less complexity and code
>  Phillip> changes necessary.
>
> Again, what kind of size reduction can we expect from getting rid of
> the block layer?

My size-optimized OpenWRT vmlinux shrank ~170 kB after disabling
CONFIG_BLOCK.  Similarly for the memory consumption.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.
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