[PATCH -next] x86, doc: Add LZ4 magic number for the new compression

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Documentation/x86/boot.txt is updated to list the LZ4 magic number.
This LZ4 magic number is used for the new compression format.

Signed-off-by: Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 3840b6f..fc66d42 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -657,9 +657,10 @@ Protocol:	2.08+
   uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
   numbers.  The currently supported compression formats are gzip
   (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A), LZMA
-  (magic number 5D 00), and XZ (magic number FD 37).  The uncompressed
-  payload is currently always ELF (magic number 7F 45 4C 46).
-  
+  (magic number 5D 00), XZ (magic number FD 37), and LZ4 (magic number
+  02 21).  The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF (magic
+  number 7F 45 4C 46).
+
 Field name:	payload_length
 Type:		read
 Offset/size:	0x24c/4
-- 
1.8.1.1

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