Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:37:16 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernels |
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On 01/31/2013 06:28 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: >> >> Well, it is too nasty for public confession, but it's called >> "paravirtualization". > > The fact that you are aware of it means we're not going to break them. > > But my point is that we must not be held back just in case someone out > there might have painted himself in a corner without telling anyone. >
Yes. However, it makes it more questionable to simply rip out compression methods without warning. Not that warnings help, as we have learned.
-hpa
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