* Geert Uytterhoeven | 2008-06-25 19:26:28 [+0200]: > Hi, Hello,
> >I have a few questions about the "deflate" crypto module (crypto/deflate.c). > > 1. Why does it support decompression of full chunks only (i.e. all compressed > data has to be passed at once)? Is there a specific reason for that? > Or is it just because so far nobody needed partial decompression? I guess the latter. The only user is ipcomp_decompress() as far as I can see. Other zlib users like ppp or jffs2 user zlib directly. However, the crypto API is the only place in kernel which provides you a generic interface for compression. >Please CC me, as I'm not subscribed, and >http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-crypto doesn't list any archives. Try http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/ or http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&r=1&b=200806&w=2 David: do you thing it is a good idea to add them to the list? >Geert Uytterhoeven >Software Architect Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
