Phillip Lougher wrote: > Adding a directory with the Squashfs files in plain format (rather > than as patches) to the release tarball is possible. I've had a look > at [1] and this doesn't look too much extra work. There are a couple > of issues:
Thanks for your quick answer. When can you release a new version including that? Btw, I first though to patch the 2.4->2.6 diff for autobuild 2.4 modules, but it is easier, if you would provide 'unpacked' patches for both the latest 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. > 1. The Makefile will be a "simple" build out of kernel Makefile > suitable for most people. Invariably you'll have to replace this with > your Makefile. No problem. > 2. The Kbuild config options won't be available. I'll add a change to > define CONFIG_SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE if the Kbuild system hasn't > defined it, as I see you've had to do so. I'm fine with this. > 3. The initrd support depends on patching the kernel. This won't be > supported by the out of kernel build code. That is not needed, but just out of couriosity: why is that so? As far as I saw, only the mount routine gets an updated magic number for squashfs-images, is that the reason? Regards, Daniel -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
