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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine |
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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:18:21 +0200 |
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 06:24:14PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Pavel Roskin<address@hidden> wrote:
> > ChangeLog:
> >
> > * Makefile.in: Remove LIBLZO and enable_lzo.
> > * conf/i386-pc.rmk: Remove lzo support.
> > * configure.ac: Remove checks for lzo, don't define ENABLE_LZMA.
> > * include/grub/i386/pc/kernel.h: Define ENABLE_LZMA. Remove lzo
> > support.
> > * kern/i386/pc/lzo1x.S: Remove.
> > * kern/i386/pc/startup.S: Remove lzo support.
> > * util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c: Likewise.
> Is there a reason to remove lzo? I know that lzma performs much better
> in terms of compression but afaik lzo doesn't create any problems nor
> is compiled by default
It doesn't break things, since it's barely modified, and doesn't interact with
the rest of the code, but simply having more code means an added work to
maintain it when we restructure things, etc. It needs to pay off in some way.
> and may be desirable for some users
Can you give an example?
--
Robert Millan
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- [PATCH 1/2] Introduce grub_malloc0(), Pavel Roskin, 2009/07/15
- [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine, Pavel Roskin, 2009/07/15
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/07/16
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine,
Robert Millan <=
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine, Pavel Roskin, 2009/07/19
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/07/19
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disable lzo compression, lzma is doing its job just fine, Pavel Roskin, 2009/07/19
Re: [PATCH 1/2] Introduce grub_malloc0(), Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/07/16