nfr/linux-configs
nfr/linux-configs
1
1
Fork 0
Code Issues 2 Releases Wiki Activity

Compression: Try out zstd #2

New Issue
Open
opened 2024-10-05 10:02:00 +02:00 by nfr · 2 comments
nfr commented 2024-10-05 10:02:00 +02:00
Owner
Copy Link

Try how other compression formats like zstd perform on my personal machine.

In my eyes the interesting situation around xz is resolved and we can probably trust the code base again, but having a plan B is always neat, and I’m curious, too.

Try how other compression formats like zstd perform on my personal machine. In my eyes the interesting situation around xz is resolved and we can probably trust the code base again, but having a plan B is always neat, and I’m curious, too.
nfr commented 2024-10-05 10:05:11 +02:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

As a first data point, leaving some outputs here:

% systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 19.671s (firmware) + 5.626s (loader) + 58.612s (kernel) + 2min 5.721s (userspace) = 3min 29.631s

% du -b /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.1*
23887408        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.10-T14s.efi
23923760        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.11-T14s.efi
23926320        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.12-T14s.efi
24527920        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.2-T14s.efi
As a first data point, leaving some outputs here: ``` % systemd-analyze Startup finished in 19.671s (firmware) + 5.626s (loader) + 58.612s (kernel) + 2min 5.721s (userspace) = 3min 29.631s ``` ``` % du -b /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.1* 23887408 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.10-T14s.efi 23923760 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.11-T14s.efi 23926320 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.10.12-T14s.efi 24527920 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.2-T14s.efi ```
nfr commented 2024-10-12 20:05:27 +02:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

Running on 6.11.2 w/ zstd compression (and after cleanup of older kernels and close to rebooting into 6.11.3)

% systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 17.486s (firmware) + 3.351s (loader) + 24.205s (kernel) + 2min 4.530s (userspace) = 2min 49.573s
graphical.target reached after 2min 4.147s in userspace.

% du -b /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.1*
27636784        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.2-T14s.efi
27696688        /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.3-T14s.efi
Running on 6.11.2 w/ zstd compression (and after cleanup of older kernels and close to rebooting into 6.11.3) ``` % systemd-analyze Startup finished in 17.486s (firmware) + 3.351s (loader) + 24.205s (kernel) + 2min 4.530s (userspace) = 2min 49.573s graphical.target reached after 2min 4.147s in userspace. ``` ``` % du -b /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.1* 27636784 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.2-T14s.efi 27696688 /boot/EFI/Linux/52561e7e078988ee996922f760027124-6.11.3-T14s.efi ```
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
No items
No Label
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Assignees
Clear assignees
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: nfr/linux-configs#2
No description provided.
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?