On 11.9.2012 02:46, Fengguang Wu wrote: > On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 12:47:59PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: >> From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> For large kernel configurations (like a distribution kernel) >> targz-pkg takes a quite long time to just do the compression. >> I clocked it at 15+mins for a SUSE kernel like config on a fast >> system. And tarxz and bzip2 are even slower. >> >> The main reason is that the script that is doing the taring sets >> the highest compression level (-9). When I change it to just >> use the defaults the gzip time for the same kernel goes down >> to ~3 mins. I haven't tested xz and bzip, but I expect those >> to be much faster too. >> >> I'm not willing to wait that long for a small compression >> gain. So just change the script to use the defaults. > > Makes sense to me. > > Reviewed-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Applied to kbuild.git#kbuild. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
