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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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