> BSD compression,
Legal reasons. There is a patent on the compression scheme, but it isn't
enforced currently. Keeping the alogrithim out of the kernel proper might
avoid some entanglements (making all of the kernel illegal instead of
only that module). See the docs for GNU gzip for details, I'm guessing.
> and PPP deflation modules
Sombody followed the BSD compression's precident.
> into the kernel, rather than as
> modules? Personally, I feel that things would be a whole lot easier if
> these were compiled into the kernel rather than being called seperately.
So make the changes. It shouldn't be difficult. Insert a call to the
initalisation code in one of the startup files (init/main.c?) (properly
#ifdefed, of cource), test, diff, and send it off to linux-kernel!
-=- James Mastros
-- True mastery is knowing enough to bullshit the rest. -=- Me
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