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Re: CVS commit: src/external/bsd/liblzf/dist
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 04:04:22PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
>>
>> Â ÂUpdate of /cvsroot/src/external/bsd/liblzf/dist
>> Â ÂIn directory ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv22361
>>
>> Â ÂLog Message:
>> Â ÂImport 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. ÂChristos 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. :-)
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