Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932794AbZDBACZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 20:02:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758103AbZDBACQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 20:02:16 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:59283 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753888AbZDBACQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 20:02:16 -0400 Message-ID: <49D4007B.2090001@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:02:03 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arjan van de Ven CC: Andreas Robinson , Alain Knaff , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add fast lzo decompressor References: <1238593252-3435-1-git-send-email-andr345@gmail.com> <1238593252-3435-2-git-send-email-andr345@gmail.com> <49D3927A.2050406@zytor.com> <1238613730.10514.35.camel@andreas-desktop> <49D3D4C0.1080506@zytor.com> <1238624827.15230.58.camel@andreas-desktop> <49D3EDEA.4090803@zytor.com> <49D3F4A3.1040609@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <49D3F4A3.1040609@linux.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 673 Lines: 18 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/