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. Expected results: Additional info:
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