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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Biks N <freebsd.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Using userland library in Kernel
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Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> writes:
> It isn't.  However, there is a zlib implementation in the kernel
> already.  It's hidden under the PPP_DEFLATE kernel option (the source
> is in sys/net/ppp_deflate.c).

not quite, it's in sys/net/zlib.c and is used by more than just PPP:

net/zlib.c                      optional crypto | geom_uzip | ipsec | \
                                         mxge | ppp_deflate | netgraph_defl=
ate

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