Hello, On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 02:03:15PM -0500, Alex Xu (Hello71) wrote: > bzip2 is either slower or larger than every other supported algorithm, > according to benchmarks at [0]. It is far slower to decompress than any > other algorithm, and still larger than lzma, xz, and zstd. > > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1588791882.08g1378g67.none@localhost/ Sounds cool. I wonder how many people will complain that their distribution migrated to bzip2 but got stuck there and now new kernels won't work on there with some odd tool or another :p > @@ -212,11 +209,6 @@ choice > Compression speed is only relevant when building a kernel. > Decompression speed is relevant at each boot. > > - If you have any problems with bzip2 or lzma compressed > - kernels, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@xxxxxxxx>. (An older > - version of this functionality (bzip2 only), for 2.4, was > - supplied by Christian Ludwig) > - Shouldn't the LZMA part be preserved here? Thanks Michal
