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    bzip2/lzma: config and initramfs support for bzip2/lzma decompression · 30d65dbf
    Alain Knaff authored
    
    
    Impact: New code for initramfs decompression, new features
    
    This is the second part of the bzip2/lzma patch
    
    The bzip patch is based on an idea by Christian Ludwig, includes support for
    compressing the kernel with bzip2 or lzma rather than gzip. Both
    compressors give smaller sizes than gzip.  Lzma's decompresses faster
    than bzip2.
    
    It also supports ramdisks and initramfs' compressed using these two
    compressors.
    
    The functionality has been successfully used for a couple of years by
    the udpcast project
    
    This version applies to "tip" kernel 2.6.28
    
    This part contains:
    - support for new compressions (bzip2 and lzma) in initramfs and
    old-style ramdisk
    - config dialog for kernel compression (but new kernel compressions
    not yet supported)
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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