Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:10:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:10:09 -0500 Received: from obelix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.55]:22776 "EHLO obelix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:09:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:09:49 +0100 From: Ingo Oeser To: ketil@froyn.com Cc: mas9483@ksu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: gzipped executables Message-ID: <20010213130949.A472@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> In-Reply-To: <20010213084031.8598.qmail@www1.nameplanet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010213084031.8598.qmail@www1.nameplanet.com>; from ketil@froyn.com on Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:40:31AM -0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:40:31AM -0000, ketil@froyn.com wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:09:39 -0600 (CST) Matt Stegman wrote: > >Is there any kernel patch that would allow Linux to properly recognize, > >and execute gzipped executables? > > Perhaps you could put it in the filesystem. Look at the > "chattr" manpage, which shows how this is meant to work with > ext2. It seems not to have been implemented yet. This way you > could also compress any files, not just executables. A nice way already implemented in 2.4.x is cramfs. Many embedded people (like me) use it to fill up their flash disks. Look at linux/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt for more info. Regards Ingo Oeser -- 10.+11.03.2001 - 3. Chemnitzer LinuxTag <<<<<<<<<<<< come and join the fun >>>>>>>>>>>> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/