linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new streaming format

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Message-ID: <20130712101319.GA13421@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:13:19 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, hyojun.im@....com,
	chan.jeong@....com, raphael.andy.lee@...il.com,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@...il.com>,
	Chanho Min <chanho.min@....com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new
 streaming format


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 09:56:02AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > If a utility is not widely available yet and if the utility is not in 
> > the kernel proper, could you please at least make sure that randconfig 
> > does not stumble over non-buildable kernels?
> 
> Two months ago I've complained about this and other people have burned 
> themselves too in the meantime...

and now it is upstream already, via -mm:

   e76e1fdfa8f8 lib: add support for LZ4-compressed kernel


Thanks,

	Ingo
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