linux-kernel - [PATCH] init: Update help for CONFIG_KERNEL

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Message-ID: <deaf91f5-6d7f-4708-a020-f32f9df8894d@jlxip.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:13:16 +0200
From: Jose Luis Amador <jlxip@...ip.net>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] init: Update help for CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO

The statement was not updated after the introduction of LZ4 and is no
longer true.

Signed-off-by: Jose Luis Amador <jlxip@...ip.net>
---
 init/Kconfig | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index dd2ea3b9a799..d79d309a6b0b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -354,8 +354,9 @@ config KERNEL_LZO
 	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
 	help
 	  Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel
-	  size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
-	  (both compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+	  size is about 10% bigger than gzip. Its compression speed is the
+	  fastest, similar to LZ4. Its decompression speed is only surpassed
+	  by LZ4.
 
 config KERNEL_LZ4
 	bool "LZ4"
-- 
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