Re: [PATCH RFC/testing] Upgrade the zlib_inflate library code to arecent version

[Jan Engelhardt]

>
>Upgrade the zlib_inflate implementation in the kernel from a patched
>version 1.1.3 to a patched 1.2.3. 
>
>The code in the kernel is about seven years old and I noticed that the
>external zlib library's inflate performance was significantly faster
>(~50%) than the code in the kernel on ARM (and faster again on x86_32).
>
Any plans to move to something newer, e.g. bzip2 or LZMA?


Jan Engelhardt
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