[PATCH] Fix flags for initramfs LZ4 compression

From: Daniel M. Weeks
Date: Sat Feb 15 2014 - 18:15:24 EST


LZ4 as implemented in the kernel differs from the default method now
used by the reference implementation of LZ4. Until the in-kernel method
is updated to support the new default, passing the legacy flag (-l) to
the compressor is necessary. Without this flag the kernel-generated,
LZ4-compressed initramfs is junk.

Signed-off-by: Daniel M. Weeks <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index ef47409..17fa901 100644
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ case "$arg" in
&& compr="lzop -9 -f"
echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lz4$" \
&& [ -x "`which lz4 2> /dev/null`" ] \
- && compr="lz4 -9 -f"
+ && compr="lz4 -l -9 -f"
echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
shift
;;
--
Daniel M. Weeks
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