This option is only relevant to non-PBL configurations and the description is a bit confusing, because the default environment is the only in-barebox binary this option compressed. Use "built-in environment" instead of "in-barebox binaries" or "default environment" to make this clearer. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@xxxxxx> --- common/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig index 57fe5f7886de..d90b5fb88682 100644 --- a/common/Kconfig +++ b/common/Kconfig @@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT CONFIG_ENV_HANDLING is not enabled. choice - prompt "default compression for in-barebox binaries" + prompt "default compression for built-in environment" default DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_NONE if PBL_IMAGE default DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LZO if LZO_DECOMPRESS default DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_XZ if XZ_DECOMPRESS @@ -872,9 +872,13 @@ choice default DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 if BZLIB help For barebox builds without a prebootloader, select here the default - compression for in-barebox binary files. barebox itself can't be - compressed without a prebootloader, but for example the default - environment will be compressed with this compression type. + compression for the built-in environment. barebox itself can't be + compressed without a prebootloader, but the built-in environment, + including any binary files placed in it (e.g. in /env/data) + will be compressed with this compression type. + + For barebox builds _with_ a prebootloader, the environment is + compressed as part of barebox proper (CONFIG_IMAGE_COMPRESSION). config DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_GZIP bool "gzip" -- 2.38.3
