linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Allow packing uncompressed images into distro packages

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Message-ID: <c8c6f8da-d7d2-40b1-a3e2-08e8270b833c@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 14:14:13 +0200
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Allow packing uncompressed images into distro
 packages

On 11.09.2024 4:53 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> From: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>
> 
> The distro packages (deb-pkg, pacman-pkg, rpm-pkg) are generated using
> the compressed kernel image, which means that the kernel once installed
> can not be booted with systemd-boot.
> 
> This differs from the packages generated by the distros themselves,
> which uses the uncompressed image.
> 
> Use the newly introduced CONFIG_COMPRESSED_INSTALL option to allow
> selection of which version of the kernel image should be packaged into
> the distro packages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>

Konrad