SMP Version of tar

[Wojciech Puchar]

> I would be willing to work on a SMP version of tar (initially just gzip or 
> something).
>
> I don't have the best experience in compression, and how to multi-thread it, 
> but I think I would be able to learn and help out.

gzip cannot - it is single stream.

bzip2 - no idea

grzip (from ports, i use it) - can be multithreaded as it packs using 
fixed large chunks.