Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:01:32 +0100
From: Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
To: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Cc: Axel Kittenberger <axel.kittenberger@univie.ac.at>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possible Bootloader Optimization in inflate (get rid of
	unnecessary 32k Window)
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> > > Have you timed this operation?  I would predict that the time to copy
> > > the kernel is nominal as compared the the time taken to perform the
> > > decompression.
> > In the current version it is defleated AND copied. The optimization would
> > reduce it by 1 copy.
> Right.  And the time to perform that one copy is exactly...?
> I doubt that it is a significant percentage of the whole operation.

On the other hand it makes the kernel a few bytes smaller :-)


Folkert van Heusden

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