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author | Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> | 2014-06-06 17:37:35 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-06-06 19:08:14 -0400 |
commit | 3e4e0f0a8756dade3023d1f47d50fbced7749788 (patch) | |
tree | 1df31fa2a456f987d134cec6a2053c6716db80bd /usr | |
parent | 04541a2f3160223b8e0fbfeb993b49625923bb47 (diff) |
initramfs: remove "compression mode" choice
Commit 9ba4bcb64589 ("initramfs: read CONFIG_RD_ variables for initramfs
compression") removed the users of the various INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_*
Kconfig symbols. So since v3.13 the entire "Built-in initramfs
compression mode" choice is a set of knobs connected to nothing. The
entire choice can safely be removed.
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
Cc: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr')
-rw-r--r-- | usr/Kconfig | 77 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig index 642f503d3e9f..2d4c77eecf2e 100644 --- a/usr/Kconfig +++ b/usr/Kconfig | |||
@@ -98,80 +98,3 @@ config RD_LZ4 | |||
98 | help | 98 | help |
99 | Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer | 99 | Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer |
100 | If unsure, say N. | 100 | If unsure, say N. |
101 | |||
102 | choice | ||
103 | prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode" if INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" | ||
104 | help | ||
105 | This option decides by which algorithm the builtin initramfs | ||
106 | will be compressed. Several compression algorithms are | ||
107 | available, which differ in efficiency, compression and | ||
108 | decompression speed. Compression speed is only relevant | ||
109 | when building a kernel. Decompression speed is relevant at | ||
110 | each boot. | ||
111 | |||
112 | If you have any problems with bzip2 or LZMA compressed | ||
113 | initramfs, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. | ||
114 | |||
115 | High compression options are mostly useful for users who are | ||
116 | low on RAM, since it reduces the memory consumption during | ||
117 | boot. | ||
118 | |||
119 | If in doubt, select 'gzip' | ||
120 | |||
121 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE | ||
122 | bool "None" | ||
123 | help | ||
124 | Do not compress the built-in initramfs at all. This may | ||
125 | sound wasteful in space, but, you should be aware that the | ||
126 | built-in initramfs will be compressed at a later stage | ||
127 | anyways along with the rest of the kernel, on those | ||
128 | architectures that support this. | ||
129 | However, not compressing the initramfs may lead to slightly | ||
130 | higher memory consumption during a short time at boot, while | ||
131 | both the cpio image and the unpacked filesystem image will | ||
132 | be present in memory simultaneously | ||
133 | |||
134 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP | ||
135 | bool "Gzip" | ||
136 | depends on RD_GZIP | ||
137 | help | ||
138 | The old and tried gzip compression. It provides a good balance | ||
139 | between compression ratio and decompression speed. | ||
140 | |||
141 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 | ||
142 | bool "Bzip2" | ||
143 | depends on RD_BZIP2 | ||
144 | help | ||
145 | Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. | ||
146 | Decompression speed is slowest among the choices. The initramfs | ||
147 | size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. | ||
148 | Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you | ||
149 | will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting. | ||
150 | |||
151 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA | ||
152 | bool "LZMA" | ||
153 | depends on RD_LZMA | ||
154 | help | ||
155 | This algorithm's compression ratio is best. | ||
156 | Decompression speed is between the other choices. | ||
157 | Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% | ||
158 | smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. | ||
159 | |||
160 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ | ||
161 | bool "XZ" | ||
162 | depends on RD_XZ | ||
163 | help | ||
164 | XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm. The initramfs size is about 30% | ||
165 | smaller with XZ in comparison to gzip. Decompression speed | ||
166 | is better than that of bzip2 but worse than gzip and LZO. | ||
167 | Compression is slow. | ||
168 | |||
169 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO | ||
170 | bool "LZO" | ||
171 | depends on RD_LZO | ||
172 | help | ||
173 | Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel | ||
174 | size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed | ||
175 | (both compression and decompression) is the fastest. | ||
176 | |||
177 | endchoice | ||