linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: update compression algorithm info

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Message-ID: <4F8EF8EF.5070001@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:25:03 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	qasdfgtyuiop <qasdfgtyuiop@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, alain@...ff.lu,
	albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: update compression algorithm info

On 04/18/2012 10:09 AM, Lasse Collin wrote:
> 
> I think it is still safe to say that gzip and LZO are better than
> bzip2, XZ, or LZMA for compressing a kernel that will be loaded from a
> normal hard disk. It would be unusual if reading the disk was so slow
> that e.g. XZ would make the booting faster than gzip.
> 

Not really, because the boot loader is dependent on the firmware, which
can sometimes be infernally stupid.

	-hpa
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