Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:59:21 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP Version of tar Message-ID: <20121002105921.GA10034@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <87549776-9051-4B4B-8D53-DAE6D51C2A94@kientzle.com> References: <5069C9FC.6020400@brandonfa.lk> <87549776-9051-4B4B-8D53-DAE6D51C2A94@kientzle.com>
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:16:53PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > * Implement within libarchive directly. This would benefit tar and > a handful of other programs that use libarchive, but may not be > worth the complexity. The complexity shouldn't actually be that bad. Basically, use a large internal buffer in the compression filter and make the queueing for distribution to threads an implementation detail. Alternatively, just provide a compatible implementation of libz's event interface. Joerg
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