Re: RFC: direct MTD support for SquashFS

[Ferenc Wagner]

Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>>>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip Lougher <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>  Phillip> BTW as a comparison, I have added MTD support to Squashfs
>  Phillip> twice in the past, *with* bad block support.  The latest has a
>  Phillip> diff patch of ~500 lines, with far less complexity and code
>  Phillip> changes necessary.
>
> Again, what kind of size reduction can we expect from getting rid of
> the block layer?

My size-optimized OpenWRT vmlinux shrank ~170 kB after disabling
CONFIG_BLOCK.  Similarly for the memory consumption.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.
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