Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:39:22 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [Announce] Squashfs 2.1 released (compressed filesystem) |
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On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 05:15:11AM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:08:37PM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote: > > > >>I'm pleased to announce the release of Squashfs 2.1. > > > > > >Are you going to submit this fs for inclusion in the main kernel tree? > >I'm getting tired of maintaining it as part of the Gentoo kernel patch > >set :) > > Good question... When I originally released Squashfs (Oct 2002) the 2.5 > kernel had just gone into the feature freeze and I was waiting for the > unfreeze that would happen when 2.7 arrived. As the official stance on > additions to 2.6 has been relaxed I have thought about submitting it. > > I need to tidy up the code a bit before I submit it to the merciless > scrutiny of LKML :-) Nothing bad (I hope) but there's lots of long > lines and I do know LKML'mers like 80 columns. > > I'm planning on adding ea/acl support (people have been asking for > them), I can't decide whether to submit it now or wait until I've > finished them. Suggestions and advice would be welcome.
Submit it now, it's self contained (doesn't patch anything outside it's own directory), and is useful in it's current state for a lot of people.
> Slightly off topic, I've noticed you're the kernel maintainer for > Gentoo. You mentioned somewhere you're down to 4 kernel patches, > including Squashfs? :)
Yes, squashfs is one of the four non-bugfix patches in the Gentoo kernel 2.6 kernel package.
For those who are interested, the other three are: - fbsplash, the "next-gen" version of bootsplash. No more image decoders in kernelspace (compared to bootsplash), and a few more features. - speakup, a driver package for visually-impaired users. - vesafb-tng, a "next-gen" version of vesafb-tng. - inotify.
Ok, there are now 5 patches, I forgot we addeed inotify recently to make the Gnome developers happy.
> A lot of people/projects are now using Squashfs and it would help a > lot of people (and me) if it did get into the kernel. Plus it would > be a nice thing for me anyway to have finally got it included.
I agree, it would also reduce your workload of keeping an out-of-the-kernel fs patchset.
thanks,
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