[coreboot] [PATCH] split tar & cpio
Robert Millan
rmh at aybabtu.com
Sun Feb 8 00:42:31 CET 2009
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 05:17:15PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I thought it would be a good idea to split tar & cpio into separate modules
> to save some space and make things easier to figure out for the users. I
> managed to do this without duplicating code, with a bit of pre-processor
> magic.
>
> The saved size is not much, though (~400 bytes). But users looking for tar
> will find it more easily. How do you feel about this? Is it worth it?
Committed.
coreboot users: if you're using tar to generate GRUB's memdisk image, with
latest svn you need to include tar.mod instead of cpio.mod.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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