[Buildroot] [PATCH] Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror

[Thomas Petazzoni]

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?

> +	  Now when kernel.org is mirrored by CDN as well we'll be using
> +	  it by default to speed-up downloads all over the world.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand this sentence.

Thomas
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