From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: ketil@froyn.com
Cc: mas9483@ksu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gzipped executables
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:09:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010213130949.A472@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010213084031.8598.qmail@www1.nameplanet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010213084031.8598.qmail@www1.nameplanet.com>; from ketil@froyn.com on Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:40:31AM -0000
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:40:31AM -0000, ketil@froyn.com wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:09:39 -0600 (CST) Matt Stegman <mas9483@ksu.edu> wrote:
> >Is there any kernel patch that would allow Linux to properly recognize,
> >and execute gzipped executables?
>
> Perhaps you could put it in the filesystem. Look at the
> "chattr" manpage, which shows how this is meant to work with
> ext2. It seems not to have been implemented yet. This way you
> could also compress any files, not just executables.
A nice way already implemented in 2.4.x is cramfs. Many embedded
people (like me) use it to fill up their flash disks.
Look at linux/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt for more info.
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-13 12:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-13 8:40 ketil
2001-02-13 12:09 ` Ingo Oeser [this message]
2001-02-13 13:08 ` Padraig Brady
2001-02-13 13:58 ` Matt Stegman
2001-02-13 14:09 ` Xavier Bestel
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2001-02-13 5:09 Matt Stegman
2001-02-13 21:09 ` Mike Castle
2001-02-14 19:22 ` Pavel Machek
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