linux-kernel - Re: Broken initrd compression settings in 3.13

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Date:	Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:22:20 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Broken initrd compression settings in 3.13

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> But, what's the point of setting INITRD_COMPRESS-y at all if you're not
> going to export INITRD_COMPRESS? Would it be better to just remove that
> entire block in the Makefile (i.e. just revert PJP's patch?)

I ended up committing the minimal change that I was testing, leaving
the core code in, just disabling it so that everything works for me on
F20.

I may happen to think that the kernel shouldn't try to pick the
format, but I'm willing to leave the door open for somebody arguing
for that approach.

               Linus
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