Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:36:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:36:22 -0400 Received: from w032.z064001165.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net ([64.1.165.32]:2632 "EHLO nakedeye.aparity.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:36:12 -0400 Message-ID: <3BCBE29D.CFEC1F05@alacritech.com> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 00:32:45 -0700 From: "Matt D. Robinson" Organization: Alacritech, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Keith Owens CC: Cristiano Paris , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: libz, libbz2, ramfs and cramfs In-Reply-To: <19978.1003206943@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:06:42 +0200 (CEST), > Cristiano Paris wrote: > >I'm interested in developing a file system which could take features from > >ramfs and cramfs so I have a couple of questions which possibly Linus > >would answer to. > >Second, quoting from the jffs2's TODO list : > > > >- fix zlib. It's ugly as hell and there are at least three copies in the > >kernel tree > > The -ac tree is moving to a single copy of zlib, in fs/inflate_fs. It > is currently used by cramfs and zisofs. jffs2 in the -ac tree still > uses its own copy of zlib and should be converted. Any plans to fix this for the Linus tree? Also, why place this in fs? Shouldn't this be around for PPP along with other things that can use it (like LKCD)? --Matt - 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/