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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-01-22 22:45:46 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-01-22 22:45:46 -0800 |
| commit | 6be325719b3e54624397e413efd4b33a997e55a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 57f321a56794cab2222e179b16731e0d76a4a68a /usr/Kconfig | |
| parent | 26d92f9276a56d55511a427fb70bd70886af647a (diff) | |
| parent | 92dcffb916d309aa01778bf8963a6932e4014d07 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
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diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig index 1c3039f28909..e2721f5a3504 100644 --- a/usr/Kconfig +++ b/usr/Kconfig @@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ config RD_LZMA Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer If unsure, say N. +config RD_LZO + bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZO" if EMBEDDED + default !EMBEDDED + depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD + select DECOMPRESS_LZO + help + Support loading of a LZO encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer + If unsure, say N. + choice prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode" if INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" help @@ -108,16 +117,15 @@ config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP bool "Gzip" depends on RD_GZIP help - The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is - the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both - compression and decompression) is the fastest. + The old and tried gzip compression. It provides a good balance + between compression ratio and decompression speed. config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 bool "Bzip2" depends on RD_BZIP2 help Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. - Decompression speed is slowest among the three. The initramfs + Decompression speed is slowest among the four. The initramfs size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting. @@ -128,7 +136,15 @@ config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA help The most recent compression algorithm. Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other - two. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% + three. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO + bool "LZO" + depends on RD_LZO + help + Its compression ratio is the poorest among the four. The kernel + size is about about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed + (both compression and decompression) is the fastest. + endchoice |