On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon <t...@panix.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 04:04:22PM +1100, matthew green wrote: >> >> Update of /cvsroot/src/external/bsd/liblzf/dist >> In directory ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv22361 >> >> Log Message: >> Import liblzf version 3.5 (2-clause BSD licensed by Marc Lehmann) >> >> >> what's liblzf, and why do we want it in base? > > It's a tiny, very very fast compression library. Christos wants it > for bootblocks, among other things (or so he says -- ask him).
U-boot and grub2 can boot lzma compressed images, and its also more efficient, what about lza? I think this needs some rethinking. :-) -- NetBSD - Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability
