Re: [-mm] Move zlib compression library to common directory [TAKE TWO]

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 29 May 2007 17:31:05 +0100
Michael-Luke Jones <mike.luke.jones@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch moves the zlib compression and decompression code
> to a common directory. The zutil.h header, which is not meant
> to be public, is moved from include/linux/ to lib/zlib/.
> 
> In addition, the PRESET_DICT definition from zutil.h, used by
> fs/jffs2/compr_zlib.c is moved to the 'true' public zlib
> header include/linux/zlib.h.
> 
> Conditional compile of only inflate or deflate code is
> preserved by this patch. With a bit of luck, this version
> won't be whitespace-damaged. Grumble.

umm, OK, if you say so.  I'm not sure I understand the point behind
all this, but I'm sure there is one ;)

> diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c b/lib/zlib/deflate.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c
> rename to lib/zlib/deflate.c
> index c3e4a2b..1137780 100644
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c b/lib/zlib/deflate_syms.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.c
> rename to lib/zlib/deflate_syms.c
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/deftree.c b/lib/zlib/deftree.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_deflate/deftree.c
> rename to lib/zlib/deftree.c
> index ddf3482..d5ce87d 100644
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_deflate/defutil.h b/lib/zlib/defutil.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_deflate/defutil.h
> rename to lib/zlib/defutil.h
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/inffast.c b/lib/zlib/inffast.c
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_inflate/inffast.c
> rename to lib/zlib/inffast.c
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h b/lib/zlib/inftrees.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h
> rename to lib/zlib/inftrees.h
> diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.h b/lib/zlib/infutil.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.h
> rename to lib/zlib/infutil.h
> diff --git a/include/linux/zutil.h b/lib/zlib/zutil.h
> similarity index 98%
> rename from include/linux/zutil.h
> rename to lib/zlib/zutil.h
> index 6adfa9a..0467c8c 100644

Lots of git goodies there - I didn't actually receive the patch: the parts
which move files around were communicated via git metadata, not diffs.
Presumably there's a way to tell git to not do that.

But probably it's best that this change be merged via git anyway.  David,
are you interested in handling it?