Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:53:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 vrs gzip saves me 28k on my kernel size Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006300852550.21808-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <395C6606.30675C5C@cs.strath.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Roger Hardiman wrote: > bzip2 gets the default kernel 27.5K SMALLER! [...] > Of course, I have not forgotten the space need for bzip2's > decompressor. > > I'd hope we can put a bzip2's decompressor into the boot loader > and take out the gunzip code at the same time, making a nice > space saving. > bzip2 has a BSD licence too, so we have no problems integrating > it into PicoBSD. you have to put bzip2 into loader then, and you will probably void your space savings right there. It would be more worthwhile to just get rid of loader altogether. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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