Ext2 compression extension

kernel 2.4.26 and 2.6.18.5 patch sets. Allows repeated compress/decompress cycles. The ability to compile within a compressed directory tree. This release corrects small file sizes and fixes all known GPFs. It removes compiler warning messages and regularizes debug output.

This release is primarily a synchronisation point for 2.4 and 2.6 ports (possibly 2.2 also). It includes some minor bugfixes and some documentation and code cleanups, and improves the handling of compression algorithms as external modules.

Minor bugfixes, the reinstatement of the LZRW3A algorithm,
and the elimination of mandatory aliases for external algorithm
modules.

This code was acquired from the former maintainer,
Denis Richard of the now-defunct e2compress
project (www.alizt.com).