From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phillip Lougher Subject: Squashfs 4.0 tools (for 2.6.29) released Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:41:53 +0100 Message-ID: <49D941C1.1050007@lougher.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: squashfs-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: squashfs-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Linux Kernel Development , linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Linux Embedded Maillist Hi, I'm pleased to announce the first release of the squashfs 4.0 tools. These are needed by any Squashfs users using linux 2.6.29. They are available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/squashfs The changes from the change-log are: 1. Unsquashfs improvements: 1.1 Support for 4.0 filesystems added. 1.2 Swapping macros rewritten. 1.3 Unsquashfs code restructured and split into separate files. 2. Mksquashfs improvements: 2.1 Swapping macros rewritten. Fixed little-endian layout allows code to be optimised and only added at compile time for big endian systems. 2.2 Support for pseudo files added. New Mksquashfs options Mksquashfs now supports pseudo files, these allow fake directories, character and block devices to be specified and added to the Squashfs filesystem being built, rather than requiring them to be present in the source directories. This, for example, allows device nodes to be added to the filesystem without requiring root access. Phillip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------