linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels on x86

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:51:19 +0200
From:	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	alain@...ff.lu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels on x86

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:02:58PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote :
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:00:36PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > On 07/22/2009 07:01 AM, Albin Tonnerre wrote:
> > > This is the third and last part of the patch, which contains the
> > > necessary changes to the x86 Kconfig and boot/compressed to allow the
> > > use of this new compression method
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
> > 
> > Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> > 
> > Since the patchset otherwise isn't really x86-related it probably makes
> > more sense to pass this through the kbuild tree, or perhaps via akpm,
> > rather than -tip?
> 
> I can take it via kbuild if I get a fewsh patch-set with proper
> ack's added.
> I've long lost the original patch-set.

Only the x86-specific part of the patch has been acked so far, and it relies on
3 other patches which have not been acked. If there's anything I can do to get
feedback on the remaining patches, please let me know.

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

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