Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:17:16 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] init: add support for zstd compressed kernel |
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* Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> On 7/23/20 12:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote: > > +config KERNEL_ZSTD > > + bool "ZSTD" > > + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD > > + help > > + ZSTD is a compression algorithm targeting intermediate compression > > + with fast decompression speed. It will compress better than GZIP and > > + decompress around the same speed as LZO, but slower than LZ4. You > > + will need at least 192 KB RAM or more for booting. The zstd command > > + line tools is required for compression. > > tools are required
Since 'zstd' is the singular tool required for compression AFAICS:
LZ4 = lz4c XZ = xz +ZSTD = zstd
"The zstd command line tool is required for compression" is the intended wording I'd say?
Thanks,
Ingo
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