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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] init: add support for zstd compressed kernel
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From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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On 7/23/20 12:27 PM, Nick Terrell wrote:
> +config KERNEL_ZSTD
> +	bool "ZSTD"
> +	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD
> +	help
> +	  ZSTD is a compression algorithm targeting intermediate compression
> +	  with fast decompression speed. It will compress better than GZIP and
> +	  decompress around the same speed as LZO, but slower than LZ4. You
> +	  will need at least 192 KB RAM or more for booting. The zstd command
> +	  line tools is required for compression.

	       tools are required

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~Randy