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Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:02:03 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com>, Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add fast lzo decompressor

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>
>> [Cc: Arjan, fast boot evangelizer. ;)]
> 
> as long as LZO is optional.... and it's documented somewhere to not use
> it if you want fast speed I'm totally fine.

LZO is the fastest (and least dense) decompression method on the 
spectrum, so I figured you'd care about it.  It's faster than gzip, for 
example.  (Of course, if you're loading-time-bound you might be better 
off using LZMA.)

	-hpa
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