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Ian Norton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to write a module that uses deflate, I'm wondering which is the best
> point to use the zlib functions from, crypto.h or zlib.h
> 
> i only need to compress data of about 4k in size, 
> 
> any suggesions?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ian
> 

shouldn't there be only one copy of zlib in the entire kernel ???