linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] ARM: decompressor: several cleanups

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:36:25 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@...nsource.se>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] ARM: decompressor: several cleanups

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:31:11PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Masahiro Yamada (6):
>   ARM: decompressor: drop unneeded assignments to "targets"
>   ARM: decompressor: drop more unneeded assignments to "targets"
>   ARM: decompressor: use clean-files instead of extra-y to clean files
>   ARM: decompressor: drop redundant FORCE in Makefile
>   ARM: decompressor: merge piggy.*.S and simplify Makefile
>   ARM: decompressor: rename suffix_y to compress-y

Most of this looks fine to me, but I've a question about how thoroughly
patch 5 has been tested: iow, do we get correct behaviour if only the
compression method is changed?

Thanks.

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