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>

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 93b4f69b54b31a80cd9eeb0822728f492b018acf..b8e5d18a6156cf0000e1adc382a2389171466555 100644 (file)
--- 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: