Merge branch 'viafb-next' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / filesystems / squashfs.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
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--- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
@@ -59,12 +59,15 @@ obtained from this site also.
 3. SQUASHFS FILESYSTEM DESIGN
 -----------------------------
 
-A squashfs filesystem consists of a maximum of eight parts, packed together on a byte
-alignment:
+A squashfs filesystem consists of a maximum of nine parts, packed together on a
+byte alignment:
 
         ---------------
        |  superblock   |
        |---------------|
+       |  compression  |
+       |    options    |
+       |---------------|
        |  datablocks   |
        |  & fragments  |
        |---------------|
@@ -91,7 +94,14 @@ the source directory, and checked for duplicates.  Once all file data has been
 written the completed inode, directory, fragment, export and uid/gid lookup
 tables are written.
 
-3.1 Inodes
+3.1 Compression options
+-----------------------
+
+Compressors can optionally support compression specific options (e.g.
+dictionary size).  If non-default compression options have been used, then
+these are stored here.
+
+3.2 Inodes
 ----------
 
 Metadata (inodes and directories) are compressed in 8Kbyte blocks.  Each
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@ directory inode are defined: inodes optimised for frequently occurring
 regular files and directories, and extended types where extra
 information has to be stored.
 
-3.2 Directories
+3.3 Directories
 ---------------
 
 Like inodes, directories are packed into compressed metadata blocks, stored
@@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ decompressed to do a lookup irrespective of the length of the directory.
 This scheme has the advantage that it doesn't require extra memory overhead
 and doesn't require much extra storage on disk.
 
-3.3 File data
+3.4 File data
 -------------
 
 Regular files consist of a sequence of contiguous compressed blocks, and/or a
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ Larger files use multiple slots, with 1.75 TiB files using all 8 slots.
 The index cache is designed to be memory efficient, and by default uses
 16 KiB.
 
-3.4 Fragment lookup table
+3.5 Fragment lookup table
 -------------------------
 
 Regular files can contain a fragment index which is mapped to a fragment
@@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ A second index table is used to locate these.  This second index table for
 speed of access (and because it is small) is read at mount time and cached
 in memory.
 
-3.5 Uid/gid lookup table
+3.6 Uid/gid lookup table
 ------------------------
 
 For space efficiency regular files store uid and gid indexes, which are
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ stored compressed into metadata blocks.  A second index table is used to
 locate these.  This second index table for speed of access (and because it
 is small) is read at mount time and cached in memory.
 
-3.6 Export table
+3.7 Export table
 ----------------
 
 To enable Squashfs filesystems to be exportable (via NFS etc.) filesystems
@@ -196,7 +206,7 @@ This table is stored compressed into metadata blocks.  A second index table is
 used to locate these.  This second index table for speed of access (and because
 it is small) is read at mount time and cached in memory.
 
-3.7 Xattr table
+3.8 Xattr table
 ---------------
 
 The xattr table contains extended attributes for each inode.  The xattrs