Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] init: add support for zstd compressed kernel

[Ingo Molnar]

* Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?

Thanks,

	Ingo