linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

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Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:07:26 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Petr Malat <oss@...at.biz>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, terrelln@...com, clm@...com, keescook@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add support for ZSTD-compressed kernel

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 02:50:24PM +0100, Petr Malat wrote:
> Add support for extracting ZSTD-compressed kernel images, as well as
> ZSTD-compressed initramfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Malat <oss@...at.biz>

That says _what_ you did here, but not _why_ you did this, or why anyone
would even want this.

thanks,

greg k-h