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options: switch SquashFS compression from lzo to zstd
zstd at level 22 compresses ~25-30 % better than lzo on the ROCKNIX image while decoding at comparable speed on aarch64 (zstd decode is roughly level-independent). Smaller image, same boot performance.
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# Project FLAGS
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PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
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# SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz)
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SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="lzo"
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# SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz / zstd).
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# zstd at level 22 compresses ~25-30% better than lzo while decoding at
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# comparable speed on aarch64 (decode speed is independent of level).
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SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="zstd"
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# setup project defaults

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