Re: kernel based gunzip

Glenn McGrath wrote: > > This may be slightly offtopic, but anyway.. > > The linux kernel has internal code to do gunzip, if there was a kernel > module that could provide access to the internal gunzip code from > userland then it would provide an almost free gunzip as far as space > goes. > >

kernel based gunzip

This may be slightly offtopic, but anyway.. The linux kernel has internal code to do gunzip, if there was a kernel module that could provide access to the internal gunzip code from userland then it would provide an almost free gunzip as far as space goes. Is this a good/bad idea ? Glenn -- T