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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index ea1be003275a..54d3fa5ae723 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -112,10 +112,13 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_XZ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO bool +config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 + 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 + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 help The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. Several compression algorithms are available, which differ @@ -182,6 +185,18 @@ config KERNEL_LZO size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed (both compression and decompression) is the fastest. +config KERNEL_LZ4 + bool "LZ4" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 + help + LZ4 is an LZ77-type compressor with a fixed, byte-oriented encoding. + A preliminary version of LZ4 de/compression tool is available at + <https://code.google.com/p/lz4/>. + + Its compression ratio is worse than LZO. The size of the kernel + is about 8% bigger than LZO. But the decompression speed is + faster than LZO. + endchoice config DEFAULT_HOSTNAME |