[artix-general] generating zstd compress initrd images

Javier je-vv at e.email
Sun Nov 29 05:16:09 CET 2020


On 11/28/20 7:54 PM, jc_gargma via artix-general wrote:
> 
> My testing indicates that all zstd options are ignored, with the sole
> exception of --single-thread, which correctly forces the use of only a single
> thread that also utilizes less ram.
> 
> When used without --single-thread, zstd assumes -T0 and will use additional
> cores based on the total size of the files in need of compression, just as xz
> does with any value of -T n. Typically this means only one or two cores,
> regardless of the system core count.
> 
> -jc

Shouldn't that be considered a bug?  When specified the amount of threads to use, shouldn't zstd actually at least be executed with that setting?  What you experienced is only on artix (well, I don't have any arch box anymore)?  I don't see any arch bug related to mkinicpio btw...

Thanks !

-- 
Javier
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