X-Git-Url: https://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/r/gitweb?p=linux-3.10.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=init%2FKconfig;h=a3e3bf548046d89f689ece21dbfa025177862c36;hp=a724a149bf3f232aba760c6b584db3f52dfd7e32;hb=b17304245f0db0ac69b795c411407808f3f2796d;hpb=9a100a4464917b5ffff3a8ce1c2758088fd9bb32 diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index a724a149bf3..a3e3bf54804 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -101,6 +101,66 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".) +config HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP + bool + +config HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 + bool + +config HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA + bool + +choice + prompt "Kernel compression mode" + default KERNEL_GZIP + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA + 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) . (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" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_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" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 + help + Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. + Decompression speed is slowest among the three. The kernel + size is about 10% 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" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA + help + The most recent compression algorithm. + Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other + two. Compression is slowest. The kernel size is about 33% + smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. + +endchoice + config SWAP bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)" depends on MMU && BLOCK