linux-kernel - Re: tip: bzip2/lzma now in tip:x86/setup-lzma

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Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:53:01 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tip: bzip2/lzma now in tip:x86/setup-lzma


* Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu> wrote:

> Alain Knaff wrote:
> > Alain Knaff wrote:
> >> hmmm, but on a second glance, there seems to be indeed an issue. When
> >> compiling it a _second time_, compilation will "succeed" but produce a
> >> bad kernel because the first attempt left an empty
> >> usr/initramfs_data.cpio.bz2 .
> >>
> >> I'll look into it this evening, probably a case of "bad" failure
> >> recovery in the Makefile.
> >>
> > 
> > Took me slightly longer than promised, attached is the patch.
> > 
> > It changes/fixes three things:
> > 1. Fix a bug in decompress.c : only scanned until the first
> > non-configured compressor (with disastrous result if that was gzip)
> > 2. Fix a bug in gen_initramfs_list.sh : in case of failure, it left
> > indeed an empty output file behind, messing up the next make.
> > 3. Make builtin initramfs compression configurable
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Alain
> > 
> 
> Any comments about this? Ingo, does it solve the issue with 
> randconfig?

I've reactivated tip:x86/setup-lzma in tip:master and started 
testing it with the problem .config, on the problem test-system. 
The bug is most likely fixed, so consider it queued up for 
2.6.30 unless i report some new issue.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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