Squashfs + lzma
Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp at gmail.com> writes:
> Hello list,
>
> There are few days that "jro" has found and corrected a bug in squashfs,
>
> http://www.slax.org/blog/?p=78
>
> now we can build a squashfs with lzma that works,
> I did so following (nearly) the instructions from the slax ftp site
>
> ftp://ftp.slax.org/source/slax/kernel/2.6.24.3/src-core
>
> Also I have tested two different kernel compilations with lzma in four
> different computers, and works without problems,
> This kernel shows a very fast response, i believe this is due to the greater
> speed of decompression of lzma. But the time to compress an image doubles or
> even triplies the "gz" time.
>
> An lzma+squashfs is being cooked for the standard Debian ?
No. We had many problems in both sides (lzma itself and squashfs) and
decide to drop it until liblzma shows up.
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