linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernels

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Message-ID: <510B629C.1010605@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:37:16 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
CC:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, hyojun.im@....com,
	raphael.andy.lee@...il.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	gunho.lee@....com, namhyung.kim@....com, x86@...nel.org,
	minchan.kim@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@...il.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...nedhand.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@...il.com>, chan.jeong@....com,
	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>,
	CE Linux Developers List <celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernels

On 01/31/2013 06:28 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>>
>> Well, it is too nasty for public confession, but it's called
>> "paravirtualization".
> 
> The fact that you are aware of it means we're not going to break them.  
> 
> But my point is that we must not be held back just in case someone out 
> there might have painted himself in a corner without telling anyone.
> 

Yes.  However, it makes it more questionable to simply rip out
compression methods without warning.  Not that warnings help, as we have
learned.

	-hpa


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