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authorAlexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@synopsys.com>2016-05-23 18:36:53 +0300
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2016-05-24 20:44:09 +0200
commitde76cb7da734dde2204a7ea9ff60e24cbe857ddb (patch)
treed12e3030b66f3f0021a50ea91444fe8f00796b26 /Config.in
parentc1cc23f31d8b91f24c4a6e872de89208c06d7ba5 (diff)
Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror
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@synopsys.com> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> [Thomas: tweak the help text.] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 93b4f69b5..b8e5d18a6 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: