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authorPaul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>2014-06-06 17:37:35 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-06 19:08:14 -0400
commit3e4e0f0a8756dade3023d1f47d50fbced7749788 (patch)
tree1df31fa2a456f987d134cec6a2053c6716db80bd /usr
parent04541a2f3160223b8e0fbfeb993b49625923bb47 (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>
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@@ -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
102choice
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
121config 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
134config 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
141config 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
151config 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
160config 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
169config 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
177endchoice