On 2/20/21 12:11 PM, Andreas Radke via arch-general wrote: > Am Sat, 20 Feb 2021 07:50:58 -0300 > schrieb Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general > <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> Em fevereiro 20, 2021 2:52 mike lojkovic via arch-general escreveu: >>> zstd is even faster at decompressing at boot than lz4 now? >>> >> >> I don't think you'll notice much difference with either one. >> >> Regards, >> Giancarlo Razzolini > > Depends on the system cpu power. On slow cpu systems lz4 is much faster > when compressing the image and also decompressing. Though you hardly > notice the decompression time difference. > > On slow discs with a fast cpu a better compression may turn this around. > > In many cases zstd compression gives a better compromise nowadays with a > powerful enough cpu. On my older systems with fast discs but slow cpus > I keep using lz4. > > -Andy > I was also wondering what gives the best speed. I got a boot partition with 250mb, wouldn't it make sense to use CAT aka no compression? Or is that also slower? I mean the kernel should fit into that large space, it is allocated anyways, right? ~Nico
