[Buildroot] [PATCH] Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon May 23 15:57:01 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> Hello,
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 18:36:53 +0300, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
>> 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>
> That's a good change. It was suggested some time ago on IRC, and we
> should do it.
>> 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.
>> @@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR
>> http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub (XX = country code)
>> http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ftp.kernel.org
> Should this list of mirrors be removed?
Does it even make sense to have a configuration option for it if the CDN
is used?
--
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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