> > Kernel 2.6.38 has adopted a format called XZ for kernel use, as well as > > some > > filesystems. Format appears to be optimized for streaming and embedded use. > > I'll happily test it if anyone wants to plug in some code for it. > > > > http://tukaani.org/xz/format.html > > http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges > > You are thinking for link level compression?
I assume the content is already compressed but maybe switch that to a better compressor might help too. Apart from that: maybe compressing the meta-data as well might improve things too? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail cok yonlu kullanimli bir program, loglari okumak, verilen kommandolari yerine getirebilen. Filter, renk verme, merge, 'diff- view', vs. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
