From: "Svetoslav Slavtchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>PS.
there is one related thred on lkml may be "Where's the bzip2 compressed linux-kernel patch?"
might be interesting to include it ?
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=106645478400001&r=1&w=2 http://shepard.kicks-ass.net/~cc/
I have been following the bzip2 decompress saga with interest on the busybox mailing list but really wasn't aware of the bzip2 kernel patch. (Well, I am now after catching up on my mail and reading the above links.)
I'll take a look at it, and maybe even include it for
my next kernel wich is long overdue...
As soon as you have it in, I'll port my bzip2 patch to it. The best approach would be to wait for the optimised version from Rob Landley and the busybox team, they have sped it up immensely. Hopefully with these changes it can come close to cloop in performance. (While waiting for the "official" bzip2 patch, I think I'll update my bzloop module to use the optimised busybox compressor, just for comparison sake.)
Jaco
