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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-04 02:03:23 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-04 02:03:23 +0300
commitc0dfadfed87489fa6126ece161a14c2d15dbdc79 (patch)
tree2b1ac3fb464e4d18b57e3d4735cd6b60454cc972 /init
parentba77c568f3160657a5f7905289c07d18c2dfde78 (diff)
parent1ac1efa5f6950f8f126f2c1921bb699ce009ec7d (diff)
downloadlinux-c0dfadfed87489fa6126ece161a14c2d15dbdc79.tar.xz
Merge tag 'x86-boot-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main change in this cycle was to add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel and initrd images. ZSTD has a very fast decompressor, yet it compresses better than gzip" * tag 'x86-boot-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: Documentation: dontdiff: Add zstd compressed files .gitignore: Add ZSTD-compressed files x86: Add support for ZSTD compressed kernel x86: Bump ZO_z_extra_bytes margin for zstd usr: Add support for zstd compressed initramfs init: Add support for zstd compressed kernel lib: Add zstd support to decompress lib: Prepare zstd for preboot environment, improve performance
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9f7f249dab43..f4bffefdbed5 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -191,13 +191,16 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
bool
+config HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD
+ bool
+
config HAVE_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
bool
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 || HAVE_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
+ depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 || HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD || HAVE_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
help
The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable.
Several compression algorithms are available, which differ
@@ -276,6 +279,16 @@ config KERNEL_LZ4
is about 8% bigger than LZO. But the decompression speed is
faster than LZO.
+config KERNEL_ZSTD
+ bool "ZSTD"
+ depends on HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD
+ help
+ ZSTD is a compression algorithm targeting intermediate compression
+ with fast decompression speed. It will compress better than GZIP and
+ decompress around the same speed as LZO, but slower than LZ4. You
+ will need at least 192 KB RAM or more for booting. The zstd command
+ line tool is required for compression.
+
config KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
bool "None"
depends on HAVE_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED