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Message-Id: <1238614158.10514.42.camel@andreas-desktop> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:29:18 +0200 From: Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] lib: enable lzo-compressed kernels Signed-off-by: Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 34bc3a8..3d1c2a6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config X86 select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32 select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT + select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile index 3ca4c19..561790b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux # -targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o +targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y) ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE +$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzo: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE + $(call if_changed,lzop) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE $(call if_changed,gzip) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE @@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE $(call if_changed,lzma) else +$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzo: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE + $(call if_changed,lzop) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE $(call if_changed,gzip) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE @@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -T else +$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzo: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE + $(call if_changed,lzop) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE $(call if_changed,gzip) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE @@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf64-x86-64 -T endif +suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) = lzo suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP) = gz suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) = bz2 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA) = lzma diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c index e45be73..a0fd406 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c @@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ static char *vidmem; static int vidport; static int lines, cols; +#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO +#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzo.c" +#endif + #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP #include "../../../../lib/decompress_inflate.c" #endif diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 14c483d..c59e55d 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".) +config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO + bool + config HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP bool @@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA choice prompt "Kernel compression mode" default KERNEL_GZIP - depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA help The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. Several compression algorithms are available, which differ @@ -132,20 +135,29 @@ choice If in doubt, select 'gzip' +config KERNEL_LZO + bool "LZO" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO + help + Lempel Ziv Oberhumer compression. Its compression ratio is + the poorest among the four choices; maximum compression yields + roughly 7% larger kernels compared to gzip. However, decompression + time is only 55 - 60% of that of gzip. + config KERNEL_GZIP bool "Gzip" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_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. + worse than that of bzip2 and lzma; however compression and + decompression are faster. config KERNEL_BZIP2 bool "Bzip2" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 help Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. - Decompression speed is slowest among the three. The kernel + Decompression speed is slowest among the four. The kernel 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. @@ -155,9 +167,9 @@ config KERNEL_LZMA depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA help The most recent compression algorithm. - Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other - two. Compression is slowest. The kernel size is about 33% - smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. + Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between gzip and bzip2 + Compression is slowest. The kernel size is about 33% smaller with + LZMA compared to gzip. endchoice diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib index 9796195..f29037b 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib @@ -200,3 +200,11 @@ cmd_bzip2 = (bzip2 -9 < $< && $(size_append) $<) > $@ || (rm -f $@ ; false) quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA $@ cmd_lzma = (lzma -9 -c $< && $(size_append) $<) >$@ || (rm -f $@ ; false) + +# Lzo +# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +quiet_cmd_lzop = LZOP $@ +cmd_lzop = (lzop -9 -c $< && $(size_append) $<) >$@ || (rm -f $@ ; false) + + -- 1.5.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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