Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2001 20:25:41 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: libz, libbz2, ramfs and cramfs |
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Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > PPP uses a variant of zlib with some extensions. I believe that I > didn't break zlib for normal use when I added the extensions but I > would have to check that to be 100% sure. The PPP zlib.c is based on > zlib-1.0.4, which is no longer the most recent version. >
What kind of extensions?
> I think it would be possible to make PPP use the standard zlib but > with decreased performance. It's a long time since I looked at that > stuff though.
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>>A major problem is that the module name "deflate" is used by PPP, >>despite it being a nonstandard format... >> > > No, the module name is "ppp_deflate". >
Oh. Well, then ...
-hpa
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