Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:01:13 +0100 | Subject | Re: Zftape in kernel ? |
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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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