linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] Decompressors: Add XZ decompressor module

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Message-ID: <4CED96A4.1080608@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:50:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	Alain Knaff <alain@...ff.lu>,
	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>,
	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] Decompressors: Add XZ decompressor module

On 11/24/2010 02:25 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> This patch: Add the main decompression code (xz_dec), testing
>> module (xz_dec_test), wrapper script (xz_wrap.sh) for the xz
>> command line tool, and documentation. The xz_dec module is
>> enough to have a usable XZ decompressor e.g. for Squashfs.
> 
> I'm not seeing any documentation which tells me how to create, install
> and execute xs-compressed kernels. There are new makefile targets?
> 

Logically it should be an additional CONFIG option like we currently
have for the other compression formats.

	-hpa
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