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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] init: add support for zstd compressed kernel
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:09:18 -0700
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On 7/24/20 5:17 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Since 'zstd' is the singular tool required for compression AFAICS:
> 
>    LZ4            = lz4c
>    XZ             = xz
>   +ZSTD           = zstd
> 
> "The zstd command line tool is required for compression" is the 
> intended wording I'd say?

Sure, that works.
Thanks.


-- 
~Randy