From: Alexey Brodkin Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 15:36:53 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Config.in: Use CDN kernel.org mirror X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de76cb7da734dde2204a7ea9ff60e24cbe857ddb;p=buildroot.git 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 Cc: Thomas Petazzoni Cc: Peter Korsgaard [Thomas: tweak the help text.] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in index 93b4f69b54..b8e5d18a61 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: