Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:23:40 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile Message-ID: <20050601152340.GA9381@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <200506011113.26742.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200505312116.j4VLGpYw072934@repoman.freebsd.org> <429CD6E8.1070009@portaone.com> <20050601142848.GA7964@dragon.NUXI.org> <200506011113.26742.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 11:13:25AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 01 June 2005 10:28 am, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:28:08AM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > David E. O'Brien wrote: > > > > Modified files: > > > > sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile > > > > Log: > > > > Put bzip2 support on equal footing with gzip support. > > > > Enable bzip2 support by default, set LOADER_NO_BZIP2_SUPPORT to > > > > disable it. > > > > > > This only increases the size of loader without any good reason. Please > > > stop making nonsense commits. > > > > And having gzip support on by default only increases the loader without > > any good reason. We provide a feature rich environment. The loader > > isn't at the brink of its size limit like boot0 is. I put bzip2 on par > > with gzip support. If this support bloats the loader too much, we should > > disable the gzip support then, not the bzip2 support - as you know bzip2 > > compresses better. > > We use gzip on the install CDs and install floppies. This change made the > install floppy for i386 overflow. :) We don't use bzip2 anywhere on the > install media. We should for 6.0, it gives better compression. We could fit more on the floppy :-) which you've just stated we are up against the limits. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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