linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels for ARM

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:11:41 +0200
From:	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
To:	linux@....linux.org.uk, hpa@...or.com
Cc:	alain@...ff.lu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels for ARM

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 04:01:18PM +0200, Albin Tonnerre wrote :
> This is the second part of patch. This part includes:
>  - changes to ach/arch/boot/Makefile to make it easier to add new
>    compression types
>  - new piggy.lzo.S necessary for lzo compression
>  - changes in arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c to allow the use of lzo or
>    gzip, depending on the config
>  - Kconfig support
> 

I failed to mention this in the first place, but for proper crediting it should
be noted that the ARM part of the patch is based on Alain Knaff's work on the
LZMA/Bzip compression patch for ARM.

Regards,
-- 
Albin Tonnerre, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development,
consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

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