Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:38:12 +0100 (MET)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Hans Kristian Rosbach <hk@isphuset.no>
cc: Axel Kittenberger <axel.kittenberger@univie.ac.at>,
       Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possible Bootloader Optimization in inflate (get rid of 
 unnecessary 32k Window)
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>> > Right.  And the time to perform that one copy is exactly...?
>> >
>> > I doubt that it is a significant percentage of the whole operation.
>> 
>> Well Yes I agree, I guess also it isn't. Its roughly the time you need to
>> copy 1 MB memory around.
>
>I would think this would be a welcome optimization for embedded
>platforms even if not included in mainline. Embedded platforms
>often dont have very fast memory, but nevertheless are
>required to boot ASAP.

Do old i386s count? I've got one that ran 2.6.11 perfectly (even w/o 
-tiny), but kernel decompression is what took most time. (At 3.00 bogomips, 
the world looks quite different!)


Jan Engelhardt
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