Bug 735668 - RFE: dracut should require pigz for build initramfs
Summary: RFE: dracut should require pigz for build initramfs
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dracut
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-09-04 18:08 UTC by John Reiser
Modified: 2012-01-23 09:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-01-23 09:25:34 UTC
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Description John Reiser 2011-09-04 18:08:18 UTC
Description of problem: (Request For Enhancement [RFE]:) On Fedora as long as gzip compression is the default for building initramfs, then dracut should require [and use] pigz ("Parallel Implementation of GZip").  The pigz package is less than 100kB on the build system and saves a lot of compress time: on a 2-processor CPU pigz saves half of ~25 seconds.  If nothing else then the documentation of the --compress= option to dracut should mention the benefits of pigz.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dracut-013

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. time dracut test-gzip.img
2. yum install pigz
3. time dracut test-pigz.img
  
Actual results: pigz saves ~13 seconds of real time for Fedora 16 on a 2-processor cpu, with a test-pigz.img that is about 2200 bytes larger.


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Comment 1 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2011-10-20 16:19:35 UTC
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.


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