Re: [arch-general] xz compression in kernel 2.6.38

[2011-03-16 19:58:23 +0530] KESHAV P.R.:

Now that kernel 2.6.38 supports xz (lzma2, not lzma), how about using it as the default compression for the kernel and initramfs. mkinitcpio simply requires COMPRESSION="xz" to generate lzma2 compressed initramfs. But xz compressed kernel requires change in the config option and once module-init-toools supports xz compressed modules we can say good bye to gzip.

Since XZ decompresses much more slowly than GZIP, this does not seem like a good idea unless it is backed up by figures showing that the space gain is really worth it. -- Gaetan