From: akpm@linux-foundation.org (Andrew Morton)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 -next 5/5] Kconfig: Make x86 and arm kernels default to the LZ4-compressed
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:08:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130305150845.0d19a2875d39dac5d03b4b62@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5135DF44.2040806@openwrt.org>
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:04:20 +0100 Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 03/05/2013 12:47 PM, Kyungsik Lee wrote:
> > This patch makes x86 and arm kernels default to the LZ4-compressed
> > to test new LZ4 code in the linux-next. This is requested by
> > Andrew Morton.
>
> I do not think making this the default is good idea, because the lz4demo
> utility that you need to actually compress the kernel (used in patch 2)
> is not installed nor available by default on most systems, while gzip
> is.
Yes, that's a showstopper even for linux-next. What a shame.
It means this code will walk into mainline with practically zero
third-party testing. Oh well, the risk is minor. If it breaks, people
can switch back to gzip easily enough.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-05 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-05 11:47 [PATCH v3 -next 0/5] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernel Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 11:47 ` [PATCH v3 -next 1/5] decompressor: Add LZ4 decompressor module Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 11:47 ` [PATCH v3 -next 2/5] lib: Add support for LZ4-compressed kernel Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 11:47 ` [PATCH v3 -next 3/5] arm: " Kyungsik Lee
2013-04-30 20:56 ` Andrew Morton
2013-05-03 9:02 ` Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 11:47 ` [PATCH v3 -next 4/5] x86: " Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 16:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-03-06 6:37 ` Kyungsik Lee
2013-04-25 22:43 ` Andrew Morton
2013-03-05 11:47 ` [PATCH v3 -next 5/5] Kconfig: Make x86 and arm kernels default to the LZ4-compressed Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-05 11:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-03-05 12:04 ` Florian Fainelli
2013-03-05 23:08 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2013-03-06 9:57 ` Florian Fainelli
2013-03-06 11:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-03-05 16:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-03-05 23:06 ` [PATCH v3 -next 0/5] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernel Andrew Morton
2013-03-06 6:15 ` Kyungsik Lee
2013-03-08 6:39 ` Kyungsik Lee
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