Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:04:53 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: Where's the bzip2 compressed linux-kernel patch? |
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:45:46PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> What about making it configurable? If someone want's bzip2 > and if he want's to wait longer to boot, (s)he may > compile bzip2 support. > If someone dislikes it, (s)he may use gzip.
I don't know if people have already tested LZO and NRV (used in UPX). Perhaps LZO might already be a little better than gzip, while faster and with less code. NRV is surely better, but is not open source IIRC. Perhaps Markus would agree to release a free NRV decompressor if asked kindly ?
Regards, Willy
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