Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Christian Ruppert <> | Subject | [PATCH] Add option to disable kernel compression | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:49:21 +0200 |
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Until now, kernel compression can only be disabled by deselecting HAVE_<compression> in the architecture Kconfig. However, some users/platforms within the same architecture might want to use compression while others might want to disable it. This patch is a solution to the dilemma.
Signed-off-by: Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@abilis.com> --- init/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 5341d72..0924c51 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO choice prompt "Kernel compression mode" default KERNEL_GZIP - depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO help The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. Several compression algorithms are available, which differ @@ -120,6 +119,13 @@ choice If in doubt, select 'gzip' +config KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED + bool "No compression" + help + No compression at all. The kernel is huge but the compression and + decompression times are zero. + This is usually not what you want. + config KERNEL_GZIP bool "Gzip" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP -- 1.7.1
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