From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:45:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:45:31 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:39919 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:45:31 -0400 Message-ID: <00d401c229ab$02aa8030$1c6fa8c0@hyper> From: "Christian Ludwig" To: "Mark Mielke" Cc: "Daniel Phillips" , "Linux Kernel Mailinglist" References: <003d01c22819$ba1818b0$1c6fa8c0@hyper> <20020711062832.GU1548@niksula.cs.hut.fi> <002601c228ab$86b235e0$1c6fa8c0@hyper> <000901c2296e$7cab2ed0$1c6fa8c0@hyper> <20020712092442.A26797@mark.mielke.cc> Subject: Re: bzip2 support against 2.4.18 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:49:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Mielke wrote on Friday, July 12, 2002 3:24 PM +0200: > I would suggest keeping bzImage as the actual kernel name, and the > compression format to be a CONFIG parameter. This leaves all the > installation notes correct. As the executable is self-extracting, > there is no need for the type to be specified outside of the image. That's the point to have the discussion about a new name for *Image has to end. I will code the kernel compression format as a CONFIG parameter in future releases. I think that's the place where it belongs. So nobody has to lern a new name and all are happy. Over and out. Have fun further on, - Christian