From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gregers Petersen Subject: Re: LZMA inclusion Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:09:28 +0100 Message-ID: <4936E778.9020201@openwrt.org> References: <492BA3FA.9010204@openwrt.org> <4936DFCD.2010204@am.sony.com> Reply-To: glp@openwrt.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4936DFCD.2010204@am.sony.com> Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Tim Bird , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org Tim Bird wrote: > Gregers Petersen wrote: >> There was a small talk a few days ago involving a few of the OpenWrt >> developers and David Woodhouse. One of the topics discussed, was a >> question about the potential of including LZMA in the kernel. >> Such an inclusion would be quite benefitial in terms of embedded >> systems, but the major hurdle seems to be the code quality of LZMA itself. >> This leads to the question I would like to raise; are there ongoing >> plans (or considerations) to rewrite and merge LZMA, and has anyone >> started working on it in practical terms? > > Did anyone answer this? CELF is currently considering funding > a project to do this (add LZMA support to the kernel), and > it would be good to get a feel for the current status... > -- Tim > I actually had one direct reply, in relationship to this project: http://tukaani.org/ The tukaani work seems to be quite work-in-progress/alpha, but there is progress. If such a project is to be funded it would probably be a good idea to several partners involved (also due to the fact that it would benifit the community as a whole). Chz -- Gregers Petersen People-stuff, layer 8 and anthropology glp on irc _______ ________ __ | |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_ | - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _| |_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____| |__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M KAMIKAZE (bleeding edge) ----------------------- * 10 oz Vodka Shake well with ice and strain * 10 oz Triple sec mixture into 10 shot glasses. * 10 oz lime juice Salute! ---------------------------------------------------