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

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Message-ID: <CA+icZUWUdq-xR9nOB_c_8=pfwn8J062hiurFXcrF7zvmaNg8PA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:54:06 +0200
From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Yes, the new kconfig is longer - not ideal.

And when you check a diff of two of your ARM64 .config?
What says COMPRESSED_INSTALL to other than the author w/o context :-)?

You are right, why should I care - I have no ARM54 hardware.

-Sedat.



-Sedat-