[PATCH] store --help messages in compressed form. saves 35k

Denis Vlasenko vda at ilport.com.ua
Fri Apr 7 05:08:17 UTC 2006


> I have to ask how much of a win is compressing busybox help text?

On current allyesconfigured bbox it saves ~35k

> Certainly in the case of flash use, you're likely already using some
> type of compressed filesystem.  Maybe if you're doing XIP...  But then
> you're likely tight enough on ram that you wouldn't bother with the
> help text.

Right, memory-constrained setups won't select verbose --help support.
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vda



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