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<p>added body of squashfs filesystem support for u-boot</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Squashfs filesystem support for u-boot<br /> <br /> ; Summary: Squashfs filesystem support for u-boot<br /> <br /> ; Proposer: Phillip Lougher<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> U-boot currently has support for reading Cramfs, Ext2, Jffs2,<br /> Reiserfs, Ubifs, and Yaffs2 filesystems. This project will<br /> add support for reading Squashfs 4.0 filesystems.<br /> <br /> Tuxbox added support for reading Squashfs 2.x filesystems<br /> to their u-boot (about 2005), but this (see references) was<br /> never mainlined, and it is now based on an ancient version of<br /> Squashfs and an ancient version of u-boot.<br /> <br /> This project will add support for reading modern Squashfs<br /> 4.0 filesystems (as supported by the mainline Linux kernel).<br /> U-boot currently has library support for gzip and lzo<br /> decompression, and so support can be added to decompress<br /> both gzip and lzo compressed filesystems.<br /> <br /> XZ (LZMA2) support for Squashfs has recently been added<br /> (kernel support was merged for 2.6.38), but u-boot<br /> lacks support for XZ decompression. If time permits<br /> this proposal may also add support for XZ compressed<br /> filesystems including adding library support for XZ<br /> decompression (but perhaps adding XZ decompression<br /> should be a separate project).<br /> <br /> == Related work ==<br /> * http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg43493.html<br /> * http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg43526.html<br /> <br /> == Scope ==<br /> 4 weeks, depends on whether XZ support is also implemented.<br /> <br /> == Contractor Candidates ==<br /> I'm recommending myself, as the author and maintainer of<br /> Squashfs.<br /> <br /> == Comments ==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Project proposals 2011]]</div>

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