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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/Makefile.lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/Makefile.lib | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib index 207325eaf1d1..dae2089e7bc6 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib @@ -530,14 +530,17 @@ quiet_cmd_fit = FIT $@ # XZ # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Use xzkern to compress the kernel image and xzmisc to compress other things. +# Use xzkern or xzkern_with_size to compress the kernel image and xzmisc to +# compress other things. # # xzkern uses a big LZMA2 dictionary since it doesn't increase memory usage # of the kernel decompressor. A BCJ filter is used if it is available for -# the target architecture. xzkern also appends uncompressed size of the data -# using size_append. The .xz format has the size information available at -# the end of the file too, but it's in more complex format and it's good to -# avoid changing the part of the boot code that reads the uncompressed size. +# the target architecture. +# +# xzkern_with_size also appends uncompressed size of the data using +# size_append. The .xz format has the size information available at the end +# of the file too, but it's in more complex format and it's good to avoid +# changing the part of the boot code that reads the uncompressed size. # Note that the bytes added by size_append will make the xz tool think that # the file is corrupt. This is expected. # |