Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:29:30 +0100 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: [CFT] inflate.c rework arch testing needed |
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On Thu, 18 March 2004 21:09:42 -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > The code for new versions of zlib is significantly scarier last I > checked and there's no particular advantage to it. But one of the > primary motivations here is to get to the point where something like > bunzip2 or even a new zlib is a drop-in replacement.
Zlib 1.2.1 is supposed to be much faster, but they intoduced new code so the price appears to be size. I'll look into it for the other zlib in the kernel if noone finds the time before me.
Jörn
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