From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] add zip command support for uboot
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:34:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209261734.26146.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALZhoSRaWtz=VA=DRBifxfPFkSdcD3MhfZPCBndrvWbwXS-ADw@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Lei Wen,
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Lukasz Majewski,
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > Ok, that means we can make use of this command ?
> > >
> > > I cannot promise, that I will provide the "zip" support straightaway in
> > > the DFU.
> > >
> > > On the one hand if DFU is the only user of this command we are adding
> > > in fact a "dead" code.
> > > On the other hand we can use proper #define CONFIG_CMD_ZIP to not
> > > compile it until we "really" use this.
> >
> > I'd rather see a user and code added, not the other way.
>
> common/cmd_zip.c is another user. :)
I'm OK with this one.
> And file systems could use the zip callback to directly create the zipped
> file.
Definitelly not ... zip callback for FS is wrong.
> Since current ext4 and fat in uboot support write function, I think it
> could be
> a potential feature to add.
cmd_zip + fs write call is OK. But why do we need to zip anything in uboot,
what's the usecase?
> > > Are there any other potential "users" of this functionality (ZIP
> > > compression/decompression) in u-boot?
> >
> > None that I know of. Is it really zip or is it gzip ?
>
> It is porting from zlib, and is there any different for the compression
> side for
> zip and gzip?
I ain't no expert, so I'm asking
> This patch is pending for too long time, do we have a answer now whether
> it could be merged?
Ccing Tom
> Thanks,
> Lei
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-25 15:53 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] add zip command support for uboot adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6] lib: zlib: import deflate source file from 1.2.5 adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/6] lib: zlib: import trees " adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/6] lib: zlib: include deflate into zlib build adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6] lib: zlib: remove the limitation for cannot using 0 as start adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/6] lib: add gzip lib function callback adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-25 15:53 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/6] common: add zip command support adrian.wenl at gmail.com
2012-03-27 8:04 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] add zip command support for uboot Lei Wen
2012-03-27 18:12 ` Tom Rini
2012-03-28 2:23 ` Lei Wen
2012-04-02 14:16 ` Lei Wen
2012-04-02 19:17 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-03 9:31 ` Lei Wen
2012-04-10 4:37 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-10 5:05 ` Lei Wen
2012-04-10 22:11 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-11 1:24 ` Lei Wen
2012-05-08 12:57 ` Lei Wen
2012-06-21 19:12 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-06 4:18 ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-06 4:49 ` Lei Wen
2012-09-06 6:23 ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-06 8:18 ` Lukasz Majewski
2012-09-06 8:49 ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-06 10:41 ` Lukasz Majewski
2012-09-06 10:49 ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-26 6:41 ` Lei Wen
2012-09-26 15:34 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-09-26 16:20 ` Tom Rini
2012-09-27 2:05 ` Lei Wen
2012-09-27 15:22 ` Tom Rini
2012-09-28 14:29 ` Lei Wen
2012-09-27 2:12 ` Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 " Lei Wen
2012-09-29 14:51 ` Tom Rini
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 1/6] lib: zlib: import deflate source file from 1.2.5 Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 2/6] lib: zlib: import trees " Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 3/6] lib: zlib: include deflate into zlib build Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 4/6] lib: zlib: remove the limitation for cannot using 0 as start Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 5/6] lib: add gzip lib function callback Lei Wen
2012-09-28 14:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2 6/6] common: add zip command support Lei Wen
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