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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:59:18 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> To: "Boie, Andrew P" <andrew.p.boie@...el.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>, "mmarek@...e.cz" <mmarek@...e.cz> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: boot: support minigzip bzImage compression On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 04:47:38PM +0000, Boie, Andrew P wrote: > > From: Guenter Roeck [linux@...ck-us.net] > > Or just change the build system to have /bin/gzip point to minigzip if so > > desired. I have done the same to replace it with pigz. > > Debian/Ubuntu provides the update-alternatives command for that > > purpose. If that is not available, just hard-link it. > > Android minigzip and gzip unfortunately don't have the same command line syntax. Before I wrote this patch I had a horrible hack in place involving a shell script named "gzip" that called minigzip internally. > Why is that a horrible hack ? I think it is better than clogging kernel makefiles with that kind of tools detail. Actually, you have (at least) three other options: fix/update gzip, update minigzip to match the gzip cli, or use a script to map one to the other. Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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