>Why is this needed? What code plans to use it? it`s pretty useful because it`s and a damn fast and damn cpu friendly compression alorithm.
afaik, there is already a least one linux kernel-feature (under development) which is using lzo compression: see compressed caching project at http://linux-mm.org/CompressedCaching & http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/ seems, they have also done porting it to the kernel, so there is probably choice between two implemetations to merge. >How many buffer overruns are there in it? i don`t know :) but, from a user-perspective, lzo is really portable and seems to be a rock solid compression scheme. i`m sucessfully using it for years (lzop utility) and i know projects which compress gigabytes of data every day with lzop. furthermore, i know of at least 40 software projects using lzo compression, so this should have some level of maturity. maybe i can add another software integrating lzo compression to the enumeration at http://www.lzop.de ? ;) regards roland List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add LZO1X compression support to the kernel From: Andrew Morton <akpm () linux-foundation ! org> Date: 2007-05-10 6:21:29 Message-ID: 20070509232129.371f49d5.akpm () linux-foundation ! org [Download message RAW] On Wed, 02 May 2007 09:56:23 +0100 Richard Purdie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Current thinking is that lzo should get merged directly followed by the > subsystem parts through their specific trees. It appears this should > make it onto LKML despite the size so here goes. > > Please keep in mind I haven't reformatted the LZO code itself as if I do > so, it will make maintenance of it against any changes in LZO itself > near impossible. In its current form, it should be possible to diff > against upstream. All the bad formatting is confined to a handful of > files in lib/lzo/ and the kernel interface should be clean. > > I realise a maze of ifdefs still remain. I've already spent a lot of > time removing a ton of them and going much further might start to affect > diffability of the code - I hoping whats there is a good compromise. > > I've asked the LZO author about the comments on lzo_copyright function > but the code is GPLv2 licensed so is suitable for inclusion in the > kernel. > > > > Add LZO1X compression/decompression support to the kernel. > > This is based on the standard userspace lzo library, particularly > minilzo with the headers much trimmed down and simplified for kernel > use. Its structured so that it should still diff with the userspace > version for ease of future updating. Well that's attractive-looking code. Why is this needed? What code plans to use it? How many buffer overruns are there in it? _____________________________________________________________________ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
