[2011-03-16 19:58:23 +0530] KESHAV P.R.: > Now that kernel 2.6.38 supports xz (lzma2, not lzma), how > about using it as the default compression for the kernel and > initramfs. mkinitcpio simply requires COMPRESSION="xz" to generate > lzma2 compressed initramfs. But xz compressed kernel requires change > in the config option and once module-init-toools supports xz > compressed modules we can say good bye to gzip. Since XZ decompresses much more slowly than GZIP, this does not seem like a good idea unless it is backed up by figures showing that the space gain is really worth it. -- Gaetan
