Re: [patch 1/3] crypto: Add a zlib crypto module

On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 16:23 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 01:41:59PM +0000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Add a (de)compression module for the "zlib" format using the crypto API.

I think we can safely conclude that our current compression
interface sucks for what you're trying to achieve :)

The main thing that's missing for JFFS2 is
"Compress as much of this as you can into X bytes"

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