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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index f6281711166d..df84625b1373 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -101,6 +101,56 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".) +choice + prompt "Kernel compression mode" + default KERNEL_GZIP + help + The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. + Several compression algorithms are available, which differ + in efficiency, compression and decompression speed. + Compression speed is only relevant when building a kernel. + Decompression speed is relevant at each boot. + + If you have any problems with bzip2 or lzma compressed + kernels, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. (An older + version of this functionality (bzip2 only), for 2.4, was + supplied by Christian Ludwig) + + High compression options are mostly useful for users, who + are low on disk space (embedded systems), but for whom ram + size matters less. + + If in doubt, select 'gzip' + +config KERNEL_GZIP + bool "Gzip" + help + The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is + the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both + compression and decompression) is the fastest. + +config KERNEL_BZIP2 + bool "Bzip2" + help + Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. + Decompression speed is slowest among the 3. + The kernel size is about 10 per cent smaller with bzip2, + in comparison to gzip. + Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels + you will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting. + +config KERNEL_LZMA + bool "LZMA" + help + The most recent compression algorithm. + Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other + 2. Compression is slowest. + The kernel size is about 33 per cent smaller with lzma, + in comparison to gzip. + +endchoice + + config SWAP bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)" depends on MMU && BLOCK |