Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable kernel XZ compression option on PPC_85xx

From: Daniel Axtens
Date: Thu Jun 13 2019 - 12:56:46 EST


Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Enable kernel XZ compression option on PPC_85xx. Tested with
> simpleImage on TP-Link TL-WDR4900 (Freescale P1014 processor).
>
> Suggested-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 8c1c636308c8..daf4cb968922 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ config PPC
> select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
> select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
> select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
> - select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ if PPC_BOOK3S || 44x
> + select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ if PPC_BOOK3S || 44x || PPC_85xx

(I'm not super well versed in the compression stuff, so apologies if
this is a dumb question.) If it's this simple, is there any reason we
can't turn it on generally, or convert it to a blacklist of platforms
known not to work?

Regards,
Daniel

> select HAVE_KPROBES
> select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
> select HAVE_KRETPROBES
> --
> 2.20.1