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

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQEwm=2bHX+kTxFVJTh-sFX+3MBgwuEmmNM-XoyvdbWRA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:08:05 +0900
From:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@...nsource.se>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] ARM: decompressor: several cleanups

Hi Russell,


2016-02-22 20:36 GMT+09:00 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>:
> 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.


I did build-test, changing the configuration
CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP -> CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA -> CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ -> ...

I confirmed zImage was created from the expected piggy.

For run-test, it worked fine too.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada