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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: use normal compression settings for tar*-pkg
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On 09/08/2012 09:47 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> 
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  scripts/package/buildtar |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
> index 8a7b155..632377f 100644
> --- a/scripts/package/buildtar
> +++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
> @@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ case "${1}" in
>  		file_ext=""
>  		;;
>  	targz-pkg)
> -		compress="gzip -c9"
> +		compress="gzip"
>  		file_ext=".gz"
>  		;;
>  	tarbz2-pkg)
> -		compress="bzip2 -c9"
> +		compress="bzip2"
>  		file_ext=".bz2"
>  		;;
>  	tarxz-pkg)
> -		compress="xz -c9"
> +		compress="xz"
>  		file_ext=".xz"
>  		;;
>  	*)

Maybe add new default compression options or rename actual ones to -hc-
(high compression) if users dont like it much?

Z.