The patch titled Subject: x86, doc: Add LZ4 magic number for the new compression has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is x86-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel-doc-add-lz4-magic-number-for-the-new-compression.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@xxxxxxx> Subject: x86, doc: Add LZ4 magic number for the new compression 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> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/x86/boot.txt~x86-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel-doc-add-lz4-magic-number-for-the-new-compression Documentation/x86/boot.txt --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt~x86-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel-doc-add-lz4-magic-number-for-the-new-compression +++ a/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 _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kyungsik.lee@xxxxxxx are decompressor-add-lz4-decompressor-module.patch lib-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel.patch arm-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel.patch x86-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel.patch x86-add-support-for-lz4-compressed-kernel-doc-add-lz4-magic-number-for-the-new-compression.patch lib-add-lz4-compressor-module.patch crypto-add-lz4-cryptographic-api.patch crypto-add-lz4-cryptographic-api-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html