On Fri, 11 May 2007 22:48:15 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >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/
Reiser4.1 (still in development) uses LZO compression too and it brings a significant boost on dual core machines. -- Jindrich Makovicka - 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/
