Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:29:07 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kconfig: update compression algorithm info |
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On 04/18/2012 10:23 AM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > When btrfs will finally implement LZ4 compression this would be the obvious > candidate for the fastest boot algo, because its decompression speed is > amazing. >
Uh, no (and what does btrfs have to do with anything here?)
The issue is that the ratio of I/O speed to CPU can mean that a slower decompression algorithm with better compression can still win, time-wise, if your media is slow and your CPU is fast.
-hpa
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