linux-kernel - [PATCH] Kbuild: use normal compression settings for tar*-pkg

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Date:	Sat,  8 Sep 2012 12:47:59 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	mmarek@...e.cz
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Kbuild: use normal compression settings for tar*-pkg

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

For large kernel configurations (like a distribution kernel)
targz-pkg takes a quite long time to just do the compression.
I clocked it at 15+mins for a SUSE kernel like config on a fast
system.  And tarxz and bzip2 are even slower.

The main reason is that the script that is doing the taring sets
the highest compression level (-9).  When I change it to just
use the defaults the gzip time for the same kernel goes down
to ~3 mins. I haven't tested xz and bzip, but I expect those
to be much faster too.

I'm not willing to wait that long for a small compression
gain. So just change the script to use the defaults.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
---
 scripts/package/buildtar |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index 8a7b155..632377f 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ case "${1}" in
 		file_ext=""
 		;;
 	targz-pkg)
-		compress="gzip -c9"
+		compress="gzip"
 		file_ext=".gz"
 		;;
 	tarbz2-pkg)
-		compress="bzip2 -c9"
+		compress="bzip2"
 		file_ext=".bz2"
 		;;
 	tarxz-pkg)
-		compress="xz -c9"
+		compress="xz"
 		file_ext=".xz"
 		;;
 	*)
-- 
1.7.7.6

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