linux-kernel - [bzip2/lzma] fix for built-in initramfs issue

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Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:57:23 +0100
From:	Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [bzip2/lzma] fix for built-in initramfs issue

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Alain Knaff wrote:
>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> I'm thinking that with "preferred" we might just use the first one in
>>> the priority list "lzma, bzip2, gzip, uncompressed" depending on what is
>>> installed in the kernel.
>>>
>>> Using the kernel method may definitely not work, especially on
>>> architectures which don't do this style of kernel compression.
>>>
>>>     -hpa
>>
>> Ok. For the new change, may I do a diff against the current
>> x86/lzma-setup , or should I do the whole 5-part dance again?
>>
> 
> Go ahead and do an incremental patch at this point.
> 
>     -hpa

Here it is (see attachment)

Alain



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