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@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ config SQUASHFS
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help
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Saying Y here includes support for SquashFS 4.0 (a Compressed
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Read-Only File System). Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only
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- filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib compression to compress both
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+ filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib/lzo compression to compress both
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files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are very small
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and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes
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greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 1 Mbytes (default
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block size 128K). SquashFS 4.0 supports 64 bit filesystems and files
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(larger than 4GB), full uid/gid information, hard links and
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- timestamps.
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+ timestamps.
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Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for
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archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in
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@@ -40,11 +40,21 @@ config SQUASHFS_XATTR
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config SQUASHFS_LZO
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bool "Include support for LZO compressed file systems"
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depends on SQUASHFS
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+ default n
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select LZO_DECOMPRESS
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+ help
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+ Saying Y here includes support for reading Squashfs file systems
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+ compressed with LZO compresssion. LZO compression is mainly
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+ aimed at embedded systems with slower CPUs where the overheads
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+ of zlib are too high.
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-config SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED
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+ LZO is not the standard compression used in Squashfs and so most
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+ file systems will be readable without selecting this option.
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- bool "Additional option for memory-constrained systems"
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+ If unsure, say N.
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+
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+config SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED
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+ bool "Additional option for memory-constrained systems"
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depends on SQUASHFS
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default n
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help
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