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authorMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:07:35 -0700
committerMark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>2011-09-09 23:07:35 -0700
commit1c71d8b13b54f91ddec361d3053ecce26e6ff761 (patch)
tree84f806bb79cc8c7458ddbd7b5402dbf1eec76dd4 /zconf.h
parent64b2e892035cf6ea98800c54dce0d63730d50272 (diff)
downloadzlib-1c71d8b13b54f91ddec361d3053ecce26e6ff761.tar.gz
zlib 0.91v0.91
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-rw-r--r--zconf.h17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/zconf.h b/zconf.h
index 4e05a3e..1abb0ea 100644
--- a/zconf.h
+++ b/zconf.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
* For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h
*/
-/* $Id: zconf.h,v 1.10 1995/04/30 19:27:14 jloup Exp $ */
+/* $Id: zconf.h,v 1.11 1995/05/02 13:07:21 jloup Exp $ */
#ifndef _ZCONF_H
#define _ZCONF_H
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
# define STDC
#endif
+/* Maximum value for memLevel in deflateInit2 */
#ifndef MAX_MEM_LEVEL
# ifdef MAXSEG_64K
# define MAX_MEM_LEVEL 8
@@ -40,10 +41,24 @@
# endif
#endif
+/* Maximum value for windowBits in deflateInit2 and inflateInit2 */
#ifndef MAX_WBITS
# define MAX_WBITS 15 /* 32K LZ77 window */
#endif
+/* The memory requirements for deflate are (in bytes):
+ 1 << (windowBits+2) + 1 << (memLevel+9)
+ that is: 128K for windowBits=15 + 128K for memLevel = 8 (default values)
+ plus a few kilobytes for small objects. For example, if you want to reduce
+ the default memory requirements from 256K to 128K, compile with
+ make CFLAGS="-O -DMAX_WBITS=14 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=7"
+ Of course this will generally degrade compression (there's no free lunch).
+
+ The memory requirements for inflate are (in bytes) 1 << windowBits
+ that is, 32K for windowBits=15 (default value) plus a few kilobytes
+ for small objects.
+*/
+
/* Type declarations */
#ifndef __P /* function prototypes */