[arch-releng] Use xz for squashfs with kernel 2.6.38

[C Anthony Risinger]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com> wrote:
>
> I wondered whether we are going to use xz for squashfs compression in
> the upcoming kernel 2.6.38?

apologies... i swear there was a thread recently with answers to these...

) how much MB or % (approx?) does this free up?
) will this increase the minimum RAM needed for inflation?
) what other goodies/considerations come with this change?

C Anthony