From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D06C1A262A; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789839776; cv=none; b=LX5JyS/mVKatbkbkeNdg9mkm6lqsPgaa48t1OOy/cLxHC2tXRhipF2QZCGDCTcHGc/WZpRXBK/kFzgk814qfTsrIPaxi1wX+ET8NAH6Z0dsVP3ZyYi3xyUoHy0CBDFAfNjXR9l04NT7flsJuze/jfR4VCRIEqBbUypf0pMYA6Fs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789839776; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gX6kP0uYz6vCcANyl/YmCbeJHsGjeKSgylWNMLy9yew=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=iiF1KE5amVO+HuW3VIW9Dmxyh+RJapmG1anSdBzwps9ebdTl8n57vRqCpiqeY02buUuJ5JBY5rKOTerXZICpiH6iljVHBkoZYLo4YVOW2inp9m1qWnyIFmrvjXMUcVKIN48ahLU/IyBJvhNxKLmq+bjgFiXrHJC/K1kuj9F/OsQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ggnnBtdi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ggnnBtdi" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83AA21F000FF; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1789839775; bh=EmKMaNISpoD+G1Wl72W0nnHSvdTJBbpXkv1m5kyJz2A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=ggnnBtdi6oPvTc6LR8VCsrfY7orLsXOlCoJnnxw13VrUFRrRVhWMt5OAF2Opcj4ZB YcIj4CllvKnSlvek+Z3wchBQHqdTiimX32aDKEaeVtMBpKvttmHxupE66jvcdbZsDs LBKKyRaP+EZtC9uNq49fUEONC+dlrc+drK6RLUfOspsQKYhlEZ8fYPdjr2D3RUX7BE dG9EDgFG4VB868oRySp7/V9e7xeDOTmKtslQFScCq8nE7IzwsTtsZJNjWCYbxKXMcI AM6G1OmVdI7U9BlXwceEYSQcUcvmGvRTGTSUgpHsIMbGLxJBna3mI5nOv4Lu47rPgT Lizsy0etFY2yg== Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:42:40 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Manuel Ebner Cc: Linus Torvalds , Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , Masahiro Yamada , Alexey Gladkov , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Paul Walmsley , Palmer Dabbelt , Albert Ou , Alexandre Ghiti , Arnd Bergmann , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , Ard Biesheuvel , Ilias Apalodimas , Josh Poimboeuf , Peter Zijlstra , Miguel Ojeda , Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?utf-8?B?QmrDtnJu?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , Daniel Almeida , Tamir Duberstein , Alexandre Courbot , Onur =?utf-8?B?w5Z6a2Fu?= , Jonathan Corbet , Randy Dunlap , Kees Cook , "Gustavo A. R. Silva" , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe , linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 20/20] kbuild: compress the kernel with pigz if available Message-ID: References: <20260917-build-speedup-v3-0-9ecf4163ff36@kernel.org> <20260917-build-speedup-v3-20-9ecf4163ff36@kernel.org> <3be3dca3bee5695972e5419a1198bfee40a1ede7.camel@mailbox.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3be3dca3bee5695972e5419a1198bfee40a1ede7.camel@mailbox.org> On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote: > Hi Lorenzo, > > On Thu, 2026-09-17 at 17:06 +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > The gzip step of a kernel build is very lengthy, especially for larger > > builds such as allmodconfig. > > > > ... > > > > Whole build, 128-thread Threadripper 9980X, best of N runs: > > > >                                          before   after     delta > >                                          ------------------------------- > >   x86 defconfig, touch mm/vma.c, gcc        7.7s     6.0s     -1.7s (-22%) > >   x86 defconfig, touch mm/vma.c, clang      6.9s     5.4s     -1.5s (-21%) > >   x86 defconfig, clean, gcc                28.2s    26.3s     -1.8s (-6%) > >   x86 defconfig, clean, clang              28.7s    27.2s     -1.5s (-5%) > >   x86 allmodconfig, touch mm/vma.c, gcc    23.7s    15.4s     -8.3s (-35%) > >   x86 allmodconfig, touch mm/vma.c, clang  22.5s    15.6s     -7.0s (-31%) > >   x86 allmodconfig, clean, gcc            294.1s   278.6s     -15.5s (-5%) > >   x86 allmodconfig, clean, clang          283.9s   266.8s     -17.1s (-6%) > > That's good to hear. :) > > > > Suggested-by: Kees Cook > > Link: https://zlib.net/pigz/ > > Assisted-by: LLM > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > > --- > >  Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst   | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > >  Documentation/process/changes.rst |  8 ++++++++ > >  Makefile                          |  5 ++++- > >  kernel/Makefile                   |  6 +++++- > >  scripts/Makefile.lib              |  4 ++-- > > Please add a line to > scripts/ver_linux Ack, done for v4! > > >  scripts/jobserver-exec            |  3 ++- > >  tools/lib/python/jobserver.py     | 13 +++++++++++++ > >  7 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > > index 5a9013bacfb7..e71a692a559a 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > > @@ -110,6 +110,23 @@ HOSTLDLIBS > >  ---------- > >  Additional libraries to link against when building host programs. > > > > +KGZIP > > +----- > > +The gzip program used for compressed modules, packaging and the embedded > > Could you also add gzip to changes.rst and ver_linux while you are at it? > Rest looks good to me. I'd rather leave that out of this series tbh, if I listed it then I have to choose a minimum version that and feels out of scope. One for a follow-up? > Reviewed-by: Manuel Ebner Thanks! > > Thanks > Manuel > > > +kernel configuration. Defaults to gzip. > > + > > +KPGZIP > > +------ > > +The gzip program used for the compressed kernel image. Defaults to pigz (a > > +parallel implementation of gzip), run under scripts/jobserver-exec so that it > > +uses the job slots make has free, if pigz is installed, otherwise to > > +``KGZIP``. Set ``KPGZIP=`` on the make command line to use another program. > > + > > +KBZIP2, KLZOP, LZMA, LZ4, XZ, ZSTD > > +---------------------------------- > > +The compressor programs for the other formats. Each defaults to the program > > +of the same name. > > + > >  .. _userkbuildflags: > > > >  USERCFLAGS > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > index 0aa232b117b5..28f2ca63318e 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version > > + gzip > > >  openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version > >  pahole                 1.26             pahole --version > >  pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V > > +pigz (optional)        2.4              pigz --version > >  PPP                    2.4.0            pppd --version > >  procps                 3.2.0            ps --version > >  Python                 3.9.x            python3 --version > > @@ -206,6 +207,13 @@ GNU AWK > >  GNU AWK is needed if you want kernel builds to generate address range data for > >  builtin modules (CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES). > > > > +pigz (optional) > > +--------------- > > + > > +pigz is a parallel implementation of gzip. If it is installed the compressed > > +kernel image is produced with it rather than with gzip, see ``KPGZIP`` in > > +Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst. > > + > >  System utilities > >  **************** > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > ... > -- Cheers, Lorenzo From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 001F1C982D8 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:43:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=Fu1SPM6u2xXcnVqFZ3HHylVcrVtIC1rFe4kIzfo9G58=; b=pXBU2uOb1DHPiZ WlgLiWKMb+yfI3mlZN5KLUT9UCdIcavgwi3MxvjW8N8tDZyZSWhht1jkFqyGlU9zVyFhAqVVnmaRe m37mZ6T6ra+5/Q1rYDttQg/TypvM6L+9ASfGKhqTZgwfZRMlVWbQb4NKLL9gR1hiwz+sjQ481m/xt kJjgnsQF26uZXcR5QfBi4Gu+DOGq/cKaxaKgtY+Xv8m6hpQIiEU6Si0RJCBkPQsCA2x2kvORLjSSz X01vmXIYmO3HAhDvWMyzDXzl4aJlLru77QhZkrMAdXhQsiFhWuEAAtOJ6c0WXoBmEkrPEZnBXqC+M mc4KW9mJAQUtenEPKS/w==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1x7z5W-0000000GYeB-3OUt; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:58 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1x7z5U-0000000GYdV-2g91; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:56 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E8F601FB; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83AA21F000FF; Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1789839775; bh=EmKMaNISpoD+G1Wl72W0nnHSvdTJBbpXkv1m5kyJz2A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=ggnnBtdi6oPvTc6LR8VCsrfY7orLsXOlCoJnnxw13VrUFRrRVhWMt5OAF2Opcj4ZB YcIj4CllvKnSlvek+Z3wchBQHqdTiimX32aDKEaeVtMBpKvttmHxupE66jvcdbZsDs LBKKyRaP+EZtC9uNq49fUEONC+dlrc+drK6RLUfOspsQKYhlEZ8fYPdjr2D3RUX7BE dG9EDgFG4VB868oRySp7/V9e7xeDOTmKtslQFScCq8nE7IzwsTtsZJNjWCYbxKXMcI AM6G1OmVdI7U9BlXwceEYSQcUcvmGvRTGTSUgpHsIMbGLxJBna3mI5nOv4Lu47rPgT Lizsy0etFY2yg== Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:42:40 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Manuel Ebner Cc: Linus Torvalds , Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Nick Desaulniers , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , Masahiro Yamada , Alexey Gladkov , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Paul Walmsley , Palmer Dabbelt , Albert Ou , Alexandre Ghiti , Arnd Bergmann , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , Ard Biesheuvel , Ilias Apalodimas , Josh Poimboeuf , Peter Zijlstra , Miguel Ojeda , Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?utf-8?B?QmrDtnJu?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , Daniel Almeida , Tamir Duberstein , Alexandre Courbot , Onur =?utf-8?B?w5Z6a2Fu?= , Jonathan Corbet , Randy Dunlap , Kees Cook , "Gustavo A. R. Silva" , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe , linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 20/20] kbuild: compress the kernel with pigz if available Message-ID: References: <20260917-build-speedup-v3-0-9ecf4163ff36@kernel.org> <20260917-build-speedup-v3-20-9ecf4163ff36@kernel.org> <3be3dca3bee5695972e5419a1198bfee40a1ede7.camel@mailbox.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3be3dca3bee5695972e5419a1198bfee40a1ede7.camel@mailbox.org> X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote: > Hi Lorenzo, > > On Thu, 2026-09-17 at 17:06 +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > The gzip step of a kernel build is very lengthy, especially for larger > > builds such as allmodconfig. > > > > ... > > > > Whole build, 128-thread Threadripper 9980X, best of N runs: > > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 before=A0=A0 after=A0= =A0=A0=A0 delta > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -----------------------= -------- > > =A0 x86 defconfig, touch mm/vma.c, gcc=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 7.7s=A0=A0= =A0=A0 6.0s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -1.7s (-22%) > > =A0 x86 defconfig, touch mm/vma.c, clang=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 6.9s=A0=A0=A0= =A0 5.4s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -1.5s (-21%) > > =A0 x86 defconfig, clean, gcc=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 28.2s=A0=A0=A0 26.3s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -1.8s (-6%) > > =A0 x86 defconfig, clean, clang=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 28.7s=A0=A0=A0 27.2s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -1.5s (-5%) > > =A0 x86 allmodconfig, touch mm/vma.c, gcc=A0=A0=A0 23.7s=A0=A0=A0 15.4s= =A0=A0=A0=A0 -8.3s (-35%) > > =A0 x86 allmodconfig, touch mm/vma.c, clang=A0 22.5s=A0=A0=A0 15.6s=A0= =A0=A0=A0 -7.0s (-31%) > > =A0 x86 allmodconfig, clean, gcc=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 294.1= s=A0=A0 278.6s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -15.5s (-5%) > > =A0 x86 allmodconfig, clean, clang=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 283.9s=A0= =A0 266.8s=A0=A0=A0=A0 -17.1s (-6%) > > That's good to hear. :) > > > > Suggested-by: Kees Cook > > Link: https://zlib.net/pigz/ > > Assisted-by: LLM > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > > --- > > =A0Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst=A0=A0 | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > > =A0Documentation/process/changes.rst |=A0 8 ++++++++ > > =A0Makefile=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 |=A0 5 ++++- > > =A0kernel/Makefile=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 |=A0 6 +++++- > > =A0scripts/Makefile.lib=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 |=A0 4 += +-- > > Please add a line to > scripts/ver_linux Ack, done for v4! > > > =A0scripts/jobserver-exec=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 |=A0 3 ++- > > =A0tools/lib/python/jobserver.py=A0=A0=A0=A0 | 13 +++++++++++++ > > =A07 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbu= ild.rst > > index 5a9013bacfb7..e71a692a559a 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > > @@ -110,6 +110,23 @@ HOSTLDLIBS > > =A0---------- > > =A0Additional libraries to link against when building host programs. > > > > +KGZIP > > +----- > > +The gzip program used for compressed modules, packaging and the embedd= ed > > Could you also add gzip to changes.rst and ver_linux while you are at it? > Rest looks good to me. I'd rather leave that out of this series tbh, if I listed it then I have to choose a minimum version that and feels out of scope. One for a follow-up? > Reviewed-by: Manuel Ebner Thanks! > > Thanks > Manuel > > > +kernel configuration. Defaults to gzip. > > + > > +KPGZIP > > +------ > > +The gzip program used for the compressed kernel image. Defaults to pig= z (a > > +parallel implementation of gzip), run under scripts/jobserver-exec so = that it > > +uses the job slots make has free, if pigz is installed, otherwise to > > +``KGZIP``. Set ``KPGZIP=3D`` on the make command line to use another p= rogram. > > + > > +KBZIP2, KLZOP, LZMA, LZ4, XZ, ZSTD > > +---------------------------------- > > +The compressor programs for the other formats. Each defaults to the pr= ogram > > +of the same name. > > + > > =A0.. _userkbuildflags: > > > > =A0USERCFLAGS > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/= changes.rst > > index 0aa232b117b5..28f2ca63318e 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ nfs-utils=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 1.0.= 5=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 showmount --version > > + gzip > > > =A0openssl & libcrypto=A0=A0=A0 1.0.0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = openssl version > > =A0pahole=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 1.26=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 pahole --version > > =A0pcmciautils=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 004=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 pccardctl -V > > +pigz (optional)=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 2.4=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 pigz --version > > =A0PPP=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 2.4.0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 pppd --version > > =A0procps=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3.2.0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 ps --version > > =A0Python=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3.9.x=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 python3 --version > > @@ -206,6 +207,13 @@ GNU AWK > > =A0GNU AWK is needed if you want kernel builds to generate address rang= e data for > > =A0builtin modules (CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES). > > > > +pigz (optional) > > +--------------- > > + > > +pigz is a parallel implementation of gzip. If it is installed the comp= ressed > > +kernel image is produced with it rather than with gzip, see ``KPGZIP``= in > > +Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst. > > + > > =A0System utilities > > =A0**************** > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > ... > -- Cheers, Lorenzo _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv