From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262880AbUDAMPY (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:15:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262885AbUDAMPY (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:15:24 -0500 Received: from mail.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.232.194]:18862 "EHLO mail.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262880AbUDAMPW (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:15:22 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:14:17 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Pavel Machek Cc: Matt Mackall , linux-kernel , discuss@x86-64.org, Tom Rini Subject: Re: [discuss] Re: [CFT] inflate.c rework arch testing needed Message-ID: <20040401121417.GA8185@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20040318231006.GK11010@waste.org> <20040319003252.GB11450@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20040319030942.GM11010@waste.org> <20040328070015.GB1453@openzaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040328070015.GB1453@openzaurus.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 28 March 2004 09:00:15 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > The code for new versions of zlib is significantly scarier last I > > checked and there's no particular advantage to it. But one of the > > primary motivations here is to get to the point where something like > > bunzip2 or even a new zlib is a drop-in replacement. > > Some people want fast-but-not-big-ratio compressor for speeding up swsusp. > If compressors are drop-in, thats very good. Also keep in mind, which zlib you are talking about. Matt's patch is to lib/inflate.c, which is used exclusively for the bootloader which is built-in to the kernel on some arches. That one was always far behind and scary to look at. The real kernel zlib is in a somewhat better state, many people cared about and worked on it. It's not great either, but at least better. And yes, drop-in replacement or even runtime choice would be nice here. Jörn -- The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. -- Douglas Adams?