On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:13:09 +0000 Piscium via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 13:37, Arch Linux: Recent news updates: > Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-announce > <arch-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > As linux-lts moved to the 5.10 version, all official kernels of Arch Linux now support zstd compressed > > initramfs images, so mkinitcpio is switching to zstd compressed images by default with version 30, > > which is currently on [testing]. > > > > If, for any reason, you are using a kernel version prior to 5.9, make sure to change mkinitcpio.conf > > COMPRESSION to use one of the compressors supported, like gzip, otherwise you **will not** be able to > > boot images generated by mkinitcpio. > > I am not sure I understand this. If someone has the default > mkinitcpio.conf it won't boot? > > In my case I set it to lz4 over a year ago for speed. If someone has the default mkinitcpio.conf AND a kernel older than any Arch ships, then yes, it may not boot.
