Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2019-06-10 Thread Nick Terrell
> On Jun 7, 2019, at 4:06 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 07:20:46PM +, Nick Terrell wrote: >> We'd love to get this mainlined as well! >> >> We're using these patches internally as well. We're seeing an improvement on >> an >> Intel Atom N3710, where boot time is

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2019-06-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 07:20:46PM +, Nick Terrell wrote: > We'd love to get this mainlined as well! > > We're using these patches internally as well. We're seeing an improvement on > an > Intel Atom N3710, where boot time is reduced by one second over using an xz > compressed kernel. It

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2019-06-07 Thread Nick Terrell
> On Jun 5, 2019, at 7:43 AM, René Rebe wrote: > > Hey there, > > just wanted to check about the status of zstd-compressed kernel. > It works great for us, and the initrd part I tested on PPC, PPC64, SPARC64, > HPPA, MIPS64 and probably other random things that I may forgot about in the >

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-27 Thread Nick Terrell
On Aug 17, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:22:44PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if we keep adding new ones things will get

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-27 Thread Nick Terrell
On Aug 17, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:22:44PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if we keep adding new ones things will get

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:22:44PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if > > > we keep adding new ones things will get more and more convoluted. > > > > The above

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:22:44PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if > > > we keep adding new ones things will get more and more convoluted. > > > > The above

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if > > we keep adding new ones things will get more and more convoluted. > > The above patchset drops just bzip2. It is the only one that's strictly > beaten in

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:57:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > The "favourite compressor" seems to roughly change every year, so if > > we keep adding new ones things will get more and more convoluted. > > The above patchset drops just bzip2. It is the only one that's strictly > beaten in

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 09:54:03AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: > > Hey, > > > > is there any mainline future for this zstd support? > > Currently my most favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth > > zstd/initrd now even

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 09:54:03AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: > > Hey, > > > > is there any mainline future for this zstd support? > > Currently my most favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth > > zstd/initrd now even

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread René Rebe
Hi, On 17 Aug 2018, at 18:54, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: >> Hey, >> >> is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most >> favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even >> tested on #t2sde

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread René Rebe
Hi, On 17 Aug 2018, at 18:54, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: >> Hey, >> >> is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most >> favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even >> tested on #t2sde

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: > Hey, > > is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most > favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even > tested on #t2sde / hp/pa-risc, …

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 06:15:45PM +0200, René Rebe wrote: > Hey, > > is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most > favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even > tested on #t2sde / hp/pa-risc, …

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread René Rebe
Hey, is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even tested on #t2sde / hp/pa-risc, … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHplOJxnIHk René On 10 Jul 2018, at 00:13, René Rebe wrote: > Hi

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-08-17 Thread René Rebe
Hey, is there any mainline future for this zstd support? Currently my most favourite compressor for this, and for what it’s worth zstd/initrd now even tested on #t2sde / hp/pa-risc, … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHplOJxnIHk René On 10 Jul 2018, at 00:13, René Rebe wrote: > Hi

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-07-09 Thread René Rebe
Hi Nick, On 09 Jul 2018, at 20:04, Nick Terrell wrote: >> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: >> This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk >> images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with >> x86, though the first patch is generic

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-07-09 Thread René Rebe
Hi Nick, On 09 Jul 2018, at 20:04, Nick Terrell wrote: >> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: >> This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk >> images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with >> x86, though the first patch is generic

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-07-09 Thread Nick Terrell
> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: > This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk > images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with > x86, though the first patch is generic to all architectures. Hi all, Is there anything blocking

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-07-09 Thread Nick Terrell
> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: > This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk > images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with > x86, though the first patch is generic to all architectures. Hi all, Is there anything blocking

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-04-23 Thread René Rebe
Hi, On 22 Mar 2018, at 13:35, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:09:45PM +0100, René Rebe wrote: >> Should this currently just work without any arch change on e.g. >> ppc64, sparc64 et al.? I could do a test build and boot if that is >> of any value, ... > >

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-04-23 Thread René Rebe
Hi, On 22 Mar 2018, at 13:35, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:09:45PM +0100, René Rebe wrote: >> Should this currently just work without any arch change on e.g. >> ppc64, sparc64 et al.? I could do a test build and boot if that is >> of any value, ... > > Initrd: no reason it

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-03-22 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:09:45PM +0100, René Rebe wrote: > Should this currently just work without any arch change on e.g. > ppc64, sparc64 et al.? I could do a test build and boot if that is > of any value, ... Initrd: no reason it wouldn't work, although for anything related to the boot

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-03-22 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:09:45PM +0100, René Rebe wrote: > Should this currently just work without any arch change on e.g. > ppc64, sparc64 et al.? I could do a test build and boot if that is > of any value, ... Initrd: no reason it wouldn't work, although for anything related to the boot

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-03-21 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 06:29:41PM -0700, Nick Terrell wrote: > This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk > images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with > x86, though the first patch is generic to all architectures. I'm running this patch set

Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/2] Add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

2018-03-21 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 06:29:41PM -0700, Nick Terrell wrote: > This patch set adds support for a ZSTD-compressed kernel and ramdisk > images in the kernel boot process. It only integrates the support with > x86, though the first patch is generic to all architectures. I'm running this patch set