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1config SQUASHFS
2	tristate "SquashFS 4.0 - Squashed file system support"
3	depends on BLOCK
4	select ZLIB_INFLATE
5	help
6	  Saying Y here includes support for SquashFS 4.0 (a Compressed
7	  Read-Only File System).  Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only
8	  filesystem for Linux.  It uses zlib/lzo compression to compress both
9	  files, inodes and directories.  Inodes in the system are very small
10	  and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes
11	  greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 1 Mbytes (default
12	  block size 128K).  SquashFS 4.0 supports 64 bit filesystems and files
13	  (larger than 4GB), full uid/gid information, hard links and
14	  timestamps.
15
16	  Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for
17	  archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in
18	  embedded systems where low overhead is needed.  Further information
19	  and tools are available from http://squashfs.sourceforge.net.
20
21	  If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
22	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
23	  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
24	  will be called squashfs.  Note that the root file system (the one
25	  containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
26
27	  If unsure, say N.
28
29config SQUASHFS_XATTR
30	bool "Squashfs XATTR support"
31	depends on SQUASHFS
32	default n
33	help
34	  Saying Y here includes support for extended attributes (xattrs).
35	  Xattrs are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
36	  the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page).
37
38	  If unsure, say N.
39
40config SQUASHFS_LZO
41	bool "Include support for LZO compressed file systems"
42	depends on SQUASHFS
43	default n
44	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
45	help
46	  Saying Y here includes support for reading Squashfs file systems
47	  compressed with LZO compresssion.  LZO compression is mainly
48	  aimed at embedded systems with slower CPUs where the overheads
49	  of zlib are too high.
50
51	  LZO is not the standard compression used in Squashfs and so most
52	  file systems will be readable without selecting this option.
53
54	  If unsure, say N.
55
56config SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED
57	bool "Additional option for memory-constrained systems"
58	depends on SQUASHFS
59	default n
60	help
61	  Saying Y here allows you to specify cache size.
62
63	  If unsure, say N.
64
65config SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE
66	int "Number of fragments cached" if SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED
67	depends on SQUASHFS
68	default "3"
69	help
70	  By default SquashFS caches the last 3 fragments read from
71	  the filesystem.  Increasing this amount may mean SquashFS
72	  has to re-read fragments less often from disk, at the expense
73	  of extra system memory.  Decreasing this amount will mean
74	  SquashFS uses less memory at the expense of extra reads from disk.
75
76	  Note there must be at least one cached fragment.  Anything
77	  much more than three will probably not make much difference.
78