By default, xz without parameters uses a dictionary size of 8 MB.
However, most modules are much smaller than that.
The xz manpage states that 'increasing dictionary size usually improves
compression ratio, but a dictionary bigger than the uncompressed file
is waste of memory'.
Use a dictionary size of 2 MB for module compression, resulting in
slightly higher compression speed while still maintaining a good
compression ratio.
Signed-off-by: Tor Vic <torvic9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 076d4e6b9..f9a6d0a4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS
mod_compress_cmd = $(KGZIP) -n -f
endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
- mod_compress_cmd = $(XZ) -f
+ mod_compress_cmd = $(XZ) --lzma2=dict=2MiB -f
endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS
export mod_compress_cmd
--
2.29.2
