Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:00:26 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP Version of tar Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210071859430.15957@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <5069C9FC.6020400@brandonfa.lk> References: <5069C9FC.6020400@brandonfa.lk>
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> I would be willing to work on a SMP version of tar (initially just gzip or > something). > > I don't have the best experience in compression, and how to multi-thread it, > but I think I would be able to learn and help out. gzip cannot - it is single stream. bzip2 - no idea grzip (from ports, i use it) - can be multithreaded as it packs using fixed large chunks.
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