--- linux-2.4.32/Documentation/Configure.help 2005-12-04 22:04:46.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.4.32-squashfs/Documentation/Configure.help 2005-12-05 15:51:47.000000000 +0100 @@ -18476,6 +18476,57 @@ root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a module, so saying M could be dangerous. If unsure, say N. +SquashFS 2.2 - Squashed file system support +CONFIG_SQUASHFS + Saying Y here includes support for SquashFs 2.2 (Compressed Read-Only File + System). Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. + It uses zlib compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. + Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimise + data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 64K. + + Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival + use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in embedded + systems where low overhead is needed. Further information and filesystem tools + are available from http://squashfs.sourceforge.net. + + If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be + inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), + say M here and read . The module + will be called squashfs. Note that the root file system (the one + containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module. + + If unsure, say N. + +Additional options for memory-constrained systems +CONFIG_SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED + Saying Y here allows you to specify cache sizes and how Squashfs + allocates memory. This is only intended for memory constrained + systems. + + If unsure, say N. + +Number of fragments cached +CONFIG_SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE + By default SquashFS caches the last 3 fragments read from + the filesystem. Increasing this amount may mean SquashFS + has to re-read fragments less often from disk, at the expense + of extra system memory. Decreasing this amount will mean + SquashFS uses less memory at the expense of extra reads from disk. + + Note there must be at least one cached fragment. Anything + much more than three will probably not make much difference. + +Use Vmalloc rather than Kmalloc +CONFIG_SQUASHFS_VMALLOC + By default SquashFS uses kmalloc to obtain fragment cache memory. + Kmalloc memory is the standard kernel allocator, but it can fail + on memory constrained systems. Because of the way Vmalloc works, + Vmalloc can succeed when kmalloc fails. Specifying this option + will make SquashFS always use Vmalloc to allocate the + fragment cache memory. + + If unsure, say N. + /proc file system support CONFIG_PROC_FS This is a virtual file system providing information about the status