From: Eric Biggers Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:42:08 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Update README X-Git-Tag: v1.1.0~2 X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=commitdiff_plain;h=31d64584ef298d99e031c51069a8d8837b8da2b3 Update README --- diff --git a/README b/README index ef387b27..6f2a407d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ WIMLIB -This is wimlib version 1.0.4 (October 2012). wimlib can be used to read, -write, and mount files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). These -files are normally created by using the `imagex.exe' utility on Windows, -but this library provides a free implementation of imagex for UNIX-based -systems. +This is wimlib version 1.1.0 (November 2012). wimlib can be used to read, +write, and mount files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). These files +are normally created by using the `imagex.exe' utility on Windows, but this +library provides a free implementation of imagex for UNIX-based systems. WIM FILES @@ -47,7 +46,8 @@ wimlib can create XPRESS or LZX compressed WIM archives. As of wimlib v1.0.3, the XPRESS compression ratio is slightly better than that provided by Microsoft's software, while the LZX compression ratio is approaching that of Microsoft's software but is not quite there yet. Running time is as good as or -better than Microsoft's software. +better than Microsoft's software, especially with multithreaded compression, +available in v1.1.0 and later. The following tables compare the compression ratio and performance for creating a compressed Windows PE image (disk usage of about 524 MB, uncompressed WIM size @@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ a compressed Windows PE image (disk usage of about 524 MB, uncompressed WIM size Table 2. Time to create WIM - XPRESS Compression LZX Compression - wimlib imagex (v1.0.2): 18 sec 49 sec - wimlib imagex (v1.0.3): 19 sec 30 sec - Microsoft imagex.exe: 25 sec 89 sec + XPRESS Compression LZX Compression + wimlib imagex (v1.0.2): 18 sec 49 sec + wimlib imagex (v1.0.3): 19 sec 30 sec + wimlib imagex (v1.1.0, 2 threads): 11 sec 17 sec + Microsoft imagex.exe: 25 sec 89 sec NTFS SUPPORT