Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-31 Thread Nick Terrell
On 7/30/17, 6:50 PM, "Phillip Lougher" wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: >> Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a >> great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz, >> while decompressing twice as fast as zlib.

Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-30 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:50 AM, Phillip Lougher wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: >> Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a >> great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz, >> while decompressing twice as fast

Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-30 Thread Phillip Lougher
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: > Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a > great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz, > while decompressing twice as fast as zlib. For SquashFS in particular, > it can decompress as f

[PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

2017-07-20 Thread Nick Terrell
Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz, while decompressing twice as fast as zlib. For SquashFS in particular, it can decompress as fast as lzo and lz4. It also has the flexibility to turn down th