linux-kernel - Re: [v2] arm64: Rename to KERNEL_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_INSTALL kconfig for compressed kernel image

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgEhoxDM7T+Ko-NgAC5X8etF0aL3fGsUXFeqnwggNXgCA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:41:51 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v2] arm64: Rename to KERNEL_IMAGE_COMPRESSED_INSTALL kconfig for
 compressed kernel image

On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 at 12:51, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The COMPRESSED_INSTALL does not sound very meaningful.

Why do you care? The question looks like this:

   Install compressed image by default (COMPRESSED_INSTALL) [N/y/?] (NEW)

which actually fits on a line and makes perfect sense.

Your patch seems to only make things worse for no real gain.

               Linus