[Buildroot] [git commit] Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Tue May 24 18:44:09 UTC 2016
commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=de76cb7da734dde2204a7ea9ff60e24cbe857ddb
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
It turned out for quite some time CDN-powered mirror
of kernel.org is available. See this announce:
https://www.kernel.org/introducing-fastly-cdn.html
This change switches to that faster mirror by default.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin at synopsys.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
[Thomas: tweak the help text.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
---
Config.in | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 93b4f69..b8e5d18 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -225,10 +225,12 @@ config BR2_BACKUP_SITE
config BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR
string "Kernel.org mirror"
- default "https://www.kernel.org/pub"
+ default "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub"
help
- kernel.org is mirrored on a number of servers around the world.
- The following allows you to select your preferred mirror.
+ kernel.org is mirrored on a number of servers around the
+ world. The following allows you to select your preferred
+ mirror. By default, a CDN is used, which automatically
+ redirects to a mirror geographically close to you.
Have a look on the kernel.org site for a list of mirrors, then enter
the URL to the base directory. Examples:
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