Bug#976054: initramfs-tools: [RFC] Compress initramfs file with zstd

2021-01-31 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:28:06 +0100 Michael Prokop wrote: > Do we have any numbers for where xz resides in terms of > decompression speed? As I've posted at salsa, its decompression is so slow. Its CPU is AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE (3.3GHz) but it takes 3 seconds. Older i686 CPUs would take mor

Bug#976054: initramfs-tools: [RFC] Compress initramfs file with zstd

2020-12-02 Thread Michael Prokop
* Hideki Yamane [Sun Nov 29, 2020 at 10:06:21AM +0900]: > Now initramfs files are compressed with gzip > But we can use other compression, i.e. LZO, LZ4 and ZSTD. > Then which one is the best? > * compression ratio >ZSTD > GZIP > LZO > LZ4 > * decompression speed >LZ4 > LZO = ZSTD > GZIP

Bug#976054: initramfs-tools: [RFC] Compress initramfs file with zstd

2020-11-28 Thread Hideki Yamane
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.139 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, Now initramfs files are compressed with gzip But we can use other compression, i.e. LZO, LZ4 and ZSTD. Then which one is the best? * compression ratio ZSTD > GZIP > LZO > LZ4 * decompression speed LZ4 >