Dear Marek and Lei, > Dear Lei Wen, > > > Hi Marek, > > > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Marek Vasut > > <marek.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear adrian.w...@gmail.com, > > > > > >> From: Lei Wen <lei...@marvell.com> > > > > > > Lei? Long time no see :) > > > > Long time no see. :) > > Yep, you're doing well? > > > >> This patch set add zip command support for uboot. > > >> The first two patches import deflate and trees functions from > > >> zlib 1.2.5 without any change. While the third patch did the > > >> necessary change to make the import file could be built passed > > >> in uboot environment. > > >> > > >> The fourth patch make us could zip the memory from 0 in the > > >> address space. > > >> > > >> The latter fifth and sixth patch does the adding gzip lib > > >> function exporting and zip command support. > > >> > > >> Patch set test with zip&unzip and compared with original memory > > >> content. > > >> > > >> Lei Wen (6): > > >> lib: zlib: import deflate source file from 1.2.5 > > >> lib: zlib: import trees file from 1.2.5 > > >> lib: zlib: include deflate into zlib build > > >> lib: zlib: remove the limitation for cannot using 0 as start > > >> lib: add gzip lib function callback > > >> common: add zip command support > > >> > > >> common/Makefile | 1 + > > >> common/cmd_zip.c | 60 ++ > > >> include/common.h | 7 + > > >> include/u-boot/zlib.h | 40 +- > > >> lib/Makefile | 1 + > > >> lib/gzip.c | 143 ++++ > > >> lib/zlib/deflate.c | 1831 > > >> > > >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> lib/zlib/deflate.h | 342 +++++++++ > > >> > > >> lib/zlib/trees.c | 1244 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> lib/zlib/trees.h | 128 ++++ > > >> lib/zlib/zlib.c | 8 + > > >> lib/zlib/zutil.h | 4 + > > >> 12 files changed, 3804 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > >> create mode 100644 common/cmd_zip.c > > >> create mode 100644 lib/gzip.c > > >> create mode 100644 lib/zlib/deflate.c > > >> create mode 100644 lib/zlib/deflate.h > > >> create mode 100644 lib/zlib/trees.c > > >> create mode 100644 lib/zlib/trees.h > > > > > > Are there any users for this code? What is it for ? > > > > This patch was intended to compress the memory when uploading > > through USB. So that uploaded image could be smaller. > > Maybe there are some other usage, like memory testing? > > CCing Lukasz, maybe he can find some use for this in the DFU series? >
I think, that there is a possibility to gzip the host DFU data and uncompress it after USB transmission (especially when "zip" command is available from command line). > > > Best regards, > > > Marek Vasut > > > > Thanks, > > Lei > > Best regards, > Marek Vasut -- Best regards, Lukasz Majewski Samsung Poland R&D Center | Linux Platform Group _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot