# Stream format The stream format is composed of: * a header * one or more frames * a footer # Header format The 3-bytes LZSA header contains a signature and a traits byte: 0 1 2 0x7b 0x9e 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 V V V Z Z Z Z <--- signature ---> <- traits -> Trait bits: * V: 3 bit code that indicates which block data encoding is used. 0 is LZSA1 and 1 is LZSA2. * Z: these bits in the traits are set to 0 for LZSA1 and LZSA2. # Frame format Each frame contains a 3-bytes length followed by block data that expands to up to 64 Kb of decompressed data. The block data is encoded either as LZSA1 or LZSA2 depending on the V bits of the traits byte in the header. 0 1 2 DSZ0 DSZ1 U|DSZ2 * DSZ0 (length byte 0) contains bits 0-7 of the block data size * DSZ1 (length byte 1) contains bits 8-15 of the block data size * DSZ2 (bit 0 of length byte 2) contains bit 16 of the block data size * U (bit 7 of length byte 2) is set if the block data is uncompressed, and clear if the block data is compressed. * Bits 1..6 of length byte 2 are currently undefined and must be set to 0. # Footer format The stream ends with the EOD frame: the 3 length bytes are set to 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, and no block data follows.