squashfs module for ARM kernels

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Thu May 16 19:49:54 EDT 2013


#12682.  ;-)

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 03:09:39PM -0400, Paul Fox wrote:
> now that we've got several patches on the list for this, perhaps
> someone could open a ticket requesting the feature, with the right
> patches attached.  i'm sure it will make the someone's job easier. 
> target the ticket for 13.2.0.  (and don't wait too long.  that train's
> about to leave the station!  :-)
> 
> paul
> 
> yioryos wrote:
>  > > This is a good idea.  We already have CONFIG_SQUASHFS=m
>  > > on the XO-1
>  > > and XO-1.5 kernels.  It won't be loaded unless needed
>  > > by user-space,
>  > > so it is low risk to add.
>  > > 
>  > > Attached is a patch for XO-4.  I wasn't able to figure
>  > > out a patch for
>  > > XO-1.75, because "make oldconfig" asked me far too many
>  > > questions.
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > If squashfs module building is activated, you may want to consider xz support too. Is becoming rapidly prevalent and does not increase module size much.
>  > Attached are patches for xo-1.75 (3.0-wip kernel, 3bef06d573cebfdb4ff0d9832f3fc1aea93d22fa) and xo-4 (3.5 kernel, 	265e8dda6a55825aca3bb39f6c531522e1d357fc) defoconfigs. They build sane kernels but I could only test XO-1.75 (no XO-4)
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