Subject: + init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression.patch added to -mm tree To: christian.ruppert@xxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:30:25 -0700 The patch titled Subject: init/Kconfig: add option to disable kernel compression has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-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: Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: init/Kconfig: add option to disable kernel compression Until now, kernel compression can only be disabled by deselecting HAVE_<compression> in the architecture Kconfig. However, some users/platforms within the same architecture might want to use compression while others might want to disable it. This patch is a solution to the dilemma. Signed-off-by: Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 choice prompt "Kernel compression mode" default KERNEL_GZIP - depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 help The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. Several compression algorithms are available, which differ @@ -137,6 +136,13 @@ choice If in doubt, select 'gzip' +config KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED + bool "No compression" + help + No compression at all. The kernel is huge but the compression and + decompression times are zero. + This is usually not what you want. + config KERNEL_GZIP bool "Gzip" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from christian.ruppert@xxxxxxxxxx are init-kconfig-add-option-to-disable-kernel-compression.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