1 INSTALLING SQUASHFS 2 3The squashfs4.3.tar.gz file contains the squashfs-tools directory containing 4mksquashfs and unsquashfs. 5 61. Kernel support 7----------------- 8 9This release is for 2.6.29 and newer kernels. Kernel patching is not necessary. 10 11Extended attribute support requires 2.6.35 or newer. File systems with 12extended attributes can be mounted on 2.6.29 and newer kernels (the 13extended attributes will be ignored with a warning). 14 15LZO compression support requires 2.6.36 or newer kernels. 16 17XZ compression support requires 2.6.38 or newer kernels. 18 19LZ4 support is not yet in any mainline kernel. 20 212. Building squashfs tools 22-------------------------- 23 24The squashfs-tools directory contains the mksquashfs and unsquashfs programs. 25These can be made by typing make (or make install to install in /usr/local/bin). 26 27By default the tools are built with GZIP compression and extended attribute 28support. Read the Makefile in squashfs-tools/ for instructions on building 29LZO, LZ4 and XZ compression support, and for instructions on disabling GZIP 30and extended attribute support if desired. 31