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SubjectRe: Zftape in kernel ?
On 25 Mar 96 at 12:16, Bas wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> The latest kernels contain ftape. I think this should be replaced by zftape, or,
> zftape should be _also_ available in the kernel image.
> The reason for that is that zftape has better features: of course compressing (where
> that 'z' stand for) and qic80 support.

Compression means "software compression a la gzip"? I don't see why
compression has to happen inside the driver. You can do it in
hardware or at user-level.
[...]
Ulrich


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