[PATCH] Add option to disable kernel compression

From: Christian Ruppert
Date: Tue Apr 09 2013 - 07:50:07 EST


Until now, kernel compression can only be disabled by deselecting
HAVE_<compression> in the architecture Kconfig. However, some
users/platforms within the same architecture might want to use
compression while others might want to disable it.
This patch is a solution to the dilemma.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 5341d72..0924c51 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
choice
prompt "Kernel compression mode"
default KERNEL_GZIP
- depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
help
The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable.
Several compression algorithms are available, which differ
@@ -120,6 +119,13 @@ choice

If in doubt, select 'gzip'

+config KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
+ bool "No compression"
+ help
+ No compression at all. The kernel is huge but the compression and
+ decompression times are zero.
+ This is usually not what you want.
+
config KERNEL_GZIP
bool "Gzip"
depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
--
1.7.1

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