Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:44:37 -0600 | From | "D. Stimits" <> | Subject | Re: bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q |
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Holger Lubitz wrote: > > "D. Stimits" proclaimed: > > down to 1.44 MB. But then it would also have to be self-extracting, > > which complicates it, so I'm wondering how effective this current > > compression is, and if a more bzip2-like system would be beneficial as > > kernels get larger? > > bzip2 has pretty large memory requirements, consuming up to 8 MB in > addition to the data being uncompressed. > Although thats less of an issue now than it was some years ago, i still > doubt that the kernel is going to be bzip2 compressed any time soon. > > if you're looking for better compression, you might want to examine upx > (http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html). The kernel image > compression is still experimental, but already usable. kernels tend to > get ~100 K smaller compared to the usual gzip compressed bzImage.
Interesting stuff...and the license is non-commercial as well.
D. Stimits, stimits@idcomm.com
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