1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f6c0e9c684a..920ad07180c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 12
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
+EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = One Giant Leap for Frogkind
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
@@ -729,6 +729,22 @@ mod_strip_cmd = true
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 export mod_strip_cmd
 
+# Select initial ramdisk compression format, default is gzip(1).
+# This shall be used by the dracut(8) tool while creating an initramfs image.
+#
+INITRD_COMPRESS=gzip
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_BZIP2), y)
+        INITRD_COMPRESS=bzip2
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZMA), y)
+        INITRD_COMPRESS=lzma
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_XZ), y)
+        INITRD_COMPRESS=xz
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZO), y)
+        INITRD_COMPRESS=lzo
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZ4), y)
+        INITRD_COMPRESS=lz4
+endif
+export INITRD_COMPRESS
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL
 MODSECKEY = ./signing_key.priv