Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernel

Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-27T09:57:41Z

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 05:40:34PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 22:10 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > So... for a selected kernel version of a particular size, can we please
> > have a comparison between the new LZO code and this LZ4 code, so that
> > we can see whether it's worth updating the LZO code or replacing the
> > LZO code with LZ4?
>
> How could it be questionable that it's worth updating the LZO code?

Please read the comments against the previous posting of these patches
where I first stated this argument - and with agreement from those
following the thread. The thread started on 26 Jan 2013. Thanks.