linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Add support for LZMA-compressed kernel images

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Message-ID: <20091120152324.GD11847@pc-ran3241.res.insa>
Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:24 +0100
From:	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tbm@...ius.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Add support for LZMA-compressed kernel images

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16 +0000, Russell King wrote :
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 04:02:03PM +0100, Albin Tonnerre wrote:
> > This patch allows using a kernel image compressed with LZMA on ARM,
> > using the support for multiple decompressors introduced in the LZO
> > support patch.
> > Extracting the image is fairly slow, but it might be useful on machines
> > with a very limited amount of storage.
> 
> I didn't see a response to my previous message about the LZO patch set.
> Do you want me to queue up the patch set for the next merge window?

Oh, sorry, I must have missed it. I would indeed appreciate this, thank you very
much.

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