On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 04:08:44PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:58:54AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 08:11:58PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote: > > > From: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > The distro packages (deb-pkg, pacman-pkg, rpm-pkg) are generated using > > > the compressed kernel image, which means that the kernel once installed > > > can not be booted with systemd-boot. > > > > > > This differs from the packages generated by the distros themselves, > > > which uses the uncompressed image. > > > > > > Expand the newly introduced CONFIG_COMPRESSED_INSTALL option to allow > > > selection of which version of the kernel image should be packaged into > > > the distro packages. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > arch/arm64/Makefile | 15 ++++++--------- > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile > > > index f6bc3da1ef11..7bb9a0a5500a 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile > > > @@ -166,9 +166,13 @@ BOOT_TARGETS := Image vmlinuz.efi image.fit > > > PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS) > > > > > > ifeq ($(CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT),) > > > -KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/Image.gz > > > + ifeq ($(CONFIG_COMPRESSED_INSTALL),y) > > > + KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/Image.gz > > > + else > > > + KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/Image > > > + endif > > > else > > > -KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/vmlinuz.efi > > > + KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/vmlinuz.efi > > > endif > > > > > > all: $(notdir $(KBUILD_IMAGE)) > > > @@ -182,13 +186,6 @@ $(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux > > > Image.%: Image > > > $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@ > > > > > > -ifeq ($(CONFIG_COMPRESSED_INSTALL),y) > > > - DEFAULT_KBUILD_IMAGE = $(KBUILD_IMAGE) > > > -else > > > - DEFAULT_KBUILD_IMAGE = $(boot)/Image > > > -endif > > > - > > > -install: KBUILD_IMAGE := $(DEFAULT_KBUILD_IMAGE) > > > > Hmm, doesn't this mean that we always install vmlinuz.efi if > > CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT=y? > > > > Hmm, you're right, I failed to parse that part. > > That said, prior to Linus' change we'd always install "Image" and I read > his commit message to allow installing "Image.gz". > > But the change also made it possible to install "vmlinuz.efi", by > setting both options to =y. Was this intentional? > > Can you confirm that this is what we want: > > ZBOOT | COMPRESS | BUILD_IMAGE | install > ------+----------+-------------+-------- > N | N | Image | Image > N | Y | Image.gz | Image.gz > Y | N | vmlinuz.efi | Image (?) > Y | Y | vmlinuz.efi | vmlinuz.efi (was Image in v6.10) I think that's the current behaviour, and I don't see a problem with it. The main thing is to avoid breaking somebody's system in the default configuration (i.e. when CONFIG_COMPRESSED_INSTALL=n) by installing an image via `make install` that isn't supported universally by bootloaders. Will
