linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] initramfs: do not show compression mode choice if INITRAMFS

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiERN+VgxBEOUKMhZFG-yAvVjmDSZXGR22vQBZETQ75yg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Feb 2020 17:35:09 +0000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] initramfs: do not show compression mode choice if
 INITRAMFS_SOURCE is empty

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 4:47 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This commit hides the Kconfig choice in that case. The default cpio
> is embedded without compression, which was the original behavior.

Btw, is there any way to figure out automatically what the initrd
compression is (for the external case)?

Because I think it would be lovely to be able to have sane defaults
for the CONFIG_RD_xyz things.

I'm assuming the answer is "no", simply because it comes from distro
installs, but I thought I'd check.

                 Linus