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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-12-14 14:42:53 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-12-14 14:42:53 -0800 |
| commit | 7a02d089695a1217992434f03a78aa32bad85b5c (patch) | |
| tree | 606288e042051e3c280275b1de7fa4be064420c6 /Documentation/filesystems | |
| parent | 980f3c344ff1cb4a8be9a169c6bde2dc74ca6288 (diff) | |
| parent | 62421645bb702c077ee5a462815525106cb53bcf (diff) | |
Merge tag 'squashfs-updates' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-next
Pull squashfs update from Phillip Lougher:
"These patches optionally add LZ4 compression support to Squashfs.
LZ4 is a lightweight compression algorithm which can be used on
embedded systems to reduce CPU and memory overhead (in comparison to
the standard zlib compression).
These patches add the wrapper code to allow Squashfs to use the
existing LZ4 decompression code, and the necessary configuration
option"
* tag 'squashfs-updates' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-next:
Squashfs: Add LZ4 compression configuration option
Squashfs: add LZ4 compression support
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt index 403c090aca39..e5274f84dc56 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ SQUASHFS 4.0 FILESYSTEM ======================= Squashfs is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. -It uses zlib/lzo/xz compression to compress files, inodes and directories. -Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimise -data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum -of 1Mbytes (default block size 128K). +It uses zlib, lz4, lzo, or xz compression to compress files, inodes and +directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to +minimise data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a +maximum of 1Mbytes (default block size 128K). Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained |