Below is the current list of codes that are being generated to compress
my somewhat bogus 'strings' output from a kernel image. The columns
aren't all that hard to understand. The change I most recently made was
to allow for codes to mix back into the original corpus of text so that
they could be found in strings generated later in the process. Doing it
this way allowed it to compress by 6654 bytes more. (Certainly, it's
uncertain as to whether or not the extra complexity in printk is worth
that 6k.)
I'm probably being much too vague, but I wanted to keep this short for now.
The codes are in octal. Where they show up in expansion, they are
formatted \ooo. The full code expansion is in parentheses. It's
interesting to see what some things have gotten compressed to. Like how
[G\366\267I\212\307\235] expands to (GIGABIT ETHERNET) but is all
represented by code \035, or how [\202\327NA\206\234] expands to
(INTERNATIONAL), which is represented by \155.
The resulting text is 63.5% the size of the original, for a savings of
84769 bytes. We'll see what this comes out to when we get properly
parsed kernel messages to play with.
It's also interested just to get a look at what kinds of messages appear
frequently in the kernel.
code shrink count word
200 3166 1057 [[^_]]
201 2888 290 [ CONTROLLER]
202 2283 2286 [IN]
203 2041 2044 [ER]
204 1963 656 [UWVS]
205 1771 198 [ TECHNOLOG]
206 1678 561 [TION]
207 1586 1589 [OR]
210 1452 1455 [DE]
211 1433 1436 [RE]
212 1334 1337 [T ]
213 1268 255 [SYSTEM]
214 1197 1200 [E ]
215 1116 560 [PCI]
216 1100 1103 [S ]
217 1072 1075 [D ]
220 1061 1064 [_R]
221 1030 1033 [IC]
222 1025 1028 [: ]
223 994 167 [JOURNAL]
224 973 76 [F 56K DATA/FAX]
225 926 929 [LE]
226 895 898 [CO]
227 888 891 [D$]
230 872 875 [RO]
231 854 215 [BRIDG]
232 832 835 [TE]
233 801 804 [AN]
234 793 796 [AL]
235 781 784 [ET]
236 723 146 [C\207P\207A\206]
(CORPORATION)
237 710 713 [AC]
240 706 60 [K\203NEL\222ASS\203\206 (]
(KERNEL: ASSERTION ()
241 687 690 [ST]
242 681 684 [AR]
243 650 327 [ \202C]
( INC)
244 646 217 [LOCK]
245 593 596 [EN]
246 591 594 [AT]
247 588 591 [UN]
250 559 562 [ %]
251 544 547 [ON]
252 541 182 [MO\210M]
(MODEM)
253 506 509 [AD]
254 504 254 [\202G ]
(ING )
255 503 102 [\226MPUT\203]
(COMPUTER)
256 499 168 [ LTD]
257 496 84 [E\225CT\230N\221]
(ELECTRONIC)
260 492 495 [AG]
261 491 494 [O ]
262 470 60 [) FAI\225\217A\212]
() FAILED AT )
263 469 472 [IT]
264 465 468 [AP]
265 461 464 [T$]
266 451 454 [00]
267 451 454 [AB]
270 436 439 [DI]
271 434 437 [CH]
272 434 219 [EXT]
273 424 214 [<3>]
274 423 426 [A ]
275 421 424 [SE]
276 419 422 [TR]
277 414 105 [\211GI\241\203]
(REGISTER)
300 402 405 [%S]
301 399 402 [SI]
302 385 388 [\210V]
(DEV)
303 384 387 [ []
304 384 387 [ME]
305 364 367 [L$]
306 359 362 [82]
307 349 118 [\235H\203N]
(ETHERN)
310 340 343 [AS]
311 339 32 [\224/VO\221E/SPKP ]
(F 56K DATA/FAX/VOICE/SPKP )
312 335 338 [Y ]
313 330 333 [BU]
314 329 332 [%D]
315 322 55 [\226MM\247\221A\206]
(COMMUNICATION)
316 322 82 [\276\233S\237\206]
(TRANSACTION)
317 320 323 [NO]
320 317 320 [ P]
321 308 156 [ ]
322 308 156 [\216\202C]
(S INC)
323 307 310 [LU]
324 305 308 [LO]
325 304 154 [<6>]
326 298 301 [MO]
327 294 297 [T\203]
(TER)
330 292 295 [ F]
331 291 294 [AM]
332 290 147 [TCP]
333 289 292 [CE]
334 286 289 [ (]
335 285 288 [TI]
336 275 278 [ C]
337 275 278 [ S]
340 271 274 [UP]
341 265 268 [I\210]
(IDE)
342 261 264 [LL]
343 259 262 [10]
344 259 262 [X ]
345 253 256 [IP]
346 250 253 [FS]
347 250 127 [\202O\210]
(INODE)
350 246 63 [.C(\314)]
(.C(%D))
351 245 248 [_\211]
(_RE)
352 240 122 [PHT]
353 239 242 [IS]
354 238 16 [ \230A\217R\247N\203\330R\331\214GR\267B\203]
( ROAD RUNNER FRAME GRABBER)
355 238 61 [A\221-78]
(AIC-78)
356 236 239 [%0]
357 233 236 [MP]
360 230 233 [MA]
361 228 231 [P\230]
(PRO)
362 220 223 [\$]
363 219 222 [12]
364 219 222 [NE]
365 218 111 [,\243.]
(, INC.)
366 216 219 [IG]
367 212 215 [->]
370 212 108 [L\202K]
(LINK)
371 209 212 [AI]
372 206 209 [16]
373 205 208 [RI]
374 203 206 [ T]
375 202 103 [M\221\230]
(MICRO)
376 200 102 [<4>]
377 199 68 [SOCK]
001 198 11 [, R\247N\254E2\346CK I\216\211\226MM\245\210D]
(, RUNNING E2FSCK IS RECOMMENDED)
002 198 51 [\2723-\346\222]
(EXT3-FS: )
003 198 26 [\275M\221\251DUCT\207]
(SEMICONDUCTOR)
004 195 198 [UT]
005 194 99 [QUE]
006 193 66 [\306801]
(82801)
007 192 98 [\253\264\327]
(ADAPTER)
010 191 194 [55]
011 190 49 [N\235W\207K]
(NETWORK)
013 190 97 [\237HE]
(ACHE)
014 189 192 [86]
015 189 192 [SS]
016 189 192 [\251 ]
(ON )
017 188 191 [FI]
020 188 11 [POW\203EDG\214EXP\233D\267L\214R\371D\201]
(POWEREDGE EXPANDABLE RAID CONTROLLER)
021 188 39 [\247\267L\214T\261]
(UNABLE TO )
022 187 28 [\337M\242TDAA)]
( SMARTDAA))
023 180 92 [\234\324C]
(ALLOC)
024 179 182 [EC]
025 178 181 [V\203]
(VER)
026 176 179 [, ]
027 175 178 [M ]
030 169 172 [UL]
031 169 172 [US]
032 168 171 [13]
033 168 86 [\302\221E]
(DEVICE)
034 167 170 [_S]
035 166 29 [G\366\267I\212\307\235]
(GIGABIT ETHERNET)
036 166 57 [HOS\212]
(HOST )
037 166 43 [R\260\214\3638]
(RAGE 128)
177 165 168 [1\266]
(100)
141 165 168 [64]
142 163 16 [ MIL-\241D-1\0103 ]
( MIL-STD-1553 )
143 163 56 [\313FF\203]
(BUFFER)
144 162 165 [20]
145 162 165 [F\207]
(FOR)
146 161 164 [_P]
147 161 164 [\215 ]
(PCI )
150 160 55 [GMBH]
151 159 162 [A\232]
(ATE)
152 159 162 [IO]
153 159 162 [\207P]
(ORP)
154 159 162 [\300\222]
(%S: )
155 158 33 [\202\327NA\206\234]
(INTERNATIONAL)
156 154 157 [\202G]
(ING)
157 154 79 [\205IE]
( TECHNOLOGIE)
160 153 156 [\226N]
(CON)
161 153 156 [\231E]
(BRIDGE)
162 152 23 [HCF 56K ]
163 152 78 [NU\342]
(NULL)
164 152 15 [\320\207\212S\203I\234 \253\264T\207]
( PORT SERIAL ADAPTOR)
165 151 154 [P\207]
(POR)
166 150 153 [OF]
167 149 152 [DU]
170 149 152 [L ]
171 149 152 [OP]
172 146 75 [<7>]
original size=232629, new size=147860
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