kernel is provided since 2.6.0 with xz compression. The main aim to use xz compression here is to save significant space for local mirrors.
linux-3.3.tar.bz2 is about 75 MiB linux-3.3.tar.xz is about 63 MiB -> saves about 15 % Signed-off-by: Andreas Bießmann <[email protected]> --- rules/kernel.make | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rules/kernel.make b/rules/kernel.make index 336b76d..4a45a3f 100644 --- a/rules/kernel.make +++ b/rules/kernel.make @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif # KERNEL := linux-$(KERNEL_VERSION) KERNEL_MD5 := $(call remove_quotes,$(PTXCONF_KERNEL_MD5)) -KERNEL_SUFFIX := tar.bz2 +KERNEL_SUFFIX := tar.xz KERNEL_DIR := $(KERNEL_BDIR)/$(KERNEL) KERNEL_CONFIG := $(call remove_quotes, $(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(PTXCONF_KERNEL_CONFIG)) KERNEL_LICENSE := GPLv2 -- 1.7.9.6 -- ptxdist mailing list [email protected]
