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On 07.03.19 21:55, Greg KH wrote:

> Ick, no, no more squashfs please, let's just kill that mess once and for
> all :)

okay, then: s/squashfs/whatever_fs_image_or_archive_you_like/;

> Again, putting this in a simple compressed tar image allows anyone to do
> whatever they need to with this.  If they want a full filesystem,
> uncompress it and use it there.  If they just want it in-memory where
> they can uncompress it and then discard it, that works too.

And let me stress the point: doesn't need any kernel changes at all,
when it's just a file in the same place where the .ko's live.


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