Tim Bird wrote: > Gregers Petersen wrote: >> There was a small talk a few days ago involving a few of the OpenWrt >> developers and David Woodhouse. One of the topics discussed, was a >> question about the potential of including LZMA in the kernel. >> Such an inclusion would be quite benefitial in terms of embedded >> systems, but the major hurdle seems to be the code quality of LZMA itself. >> This leads to the question I would like to raise; are there ongoing >> plans (or considerations) to rewrite and merge LZMA, and has anyone >> started working on it in practical terms? > > Did anyone answer this? CELF is currently considering funding > a project to do this (add LZMA support to the kernel), and > it would be good to get a feel for the current status... > -- Tim > I actually had one direct reply, in relationship to this project: http://tukaani.org/ The tukaani work seems to be quite work-in-progress/alpha, but there is progress. If such a project is to be funded it would probably be a good idea to several partners involved (also due to the fact that it would benifit the community as a whole). Chz -- Gregers Petersen People-stuff, layer 8 and anthropology glp on irc _______ ________ __ | |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_ | - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _| |_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____| |__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M KAMIKAZE (bleeding edge) ----------------------- * 10 oz Vodka Shake well with ice and strain * 10 oz Triple sec mixture into 10 shot glasses. * 10 oz lime juice Salute! --------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
