From: Holger Lubitz <h.lubitz@internet-factory.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:27:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B28ADB3.7CE09FC3@internet-factory.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6B1DF6EEBA51D31182F200902740436802678F59@mail-in.comverse-in.com> <3B2869F9.D0AE17CB@idcomm.com>
"D. Stimits" proclaimed:
> down to 1.44 MB. But then it would also have to be self-extracting,
> which complicates it, so I'm wondering how effective this current
> compression is, and if a more bzip2-like system would be beneficial as
> kernels get larger?
bzip2 has pretty large memory requirements, consuming up to 8 MB in
addition to the data being uncompressed.
Although thats less of an issue now than it was some years ago, i still
doubt that the kernel is going to be bzip2 compressed any time soon.
if you're looking for better compression, you might want to examine upx
(http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html). The kernel image
compression is still experimental, but already usable. kernels tend to
get ~100 K smaller compared to the usual gzip compressed bzImage.
Holger
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-14 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-13 21:39 bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q Khachaturov, Vassilii
2001-06-14 7:38 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-14 12:27 ` Holger Lubitz [this message]
2001-06-14 20:44 ` D. Stimits
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2001-06-13 21:11 D. Stimits
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