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DateTue, 1 Jul 2008 08:37:32 +0200 (CEST)
FromJan Engelhardt <>
SubjectRe: 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.


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