linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support

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Date:	Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:20:07 -0500
From:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>,
	Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Robert Jennings <rcj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support

On 12/28/2011 09:21 AM, Seth Jennings wrote:

> This patch allow zcache to use the crypto API for page compression.
> It replaces the direct LZO compress/decompress calls with calls
> into the crypto compression API. The compressor to be used is
> specified in the kernel boot line with the zcache parameter like:
> zcache=lzo or zcache=deflate.  If the specified compressor can't
> be loaded, zcache uses lzo as the default compressor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>



Acked-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>

Thanks,
Nitin
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