Re: How to disable Linux kernel self-extraction (KERNEL_GZIP, KERNEL_BZIP2, …)?

Pavel Machek
2018-04-24T09:55:59Z

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Hi!

> > Actually... Compressors usually have a mode when they store the data
> > uncompressed. So you should be able to prepare .gz image which is not
> > really compressed inside, and thus really fast to uncompress.
>
> I can't seem to find any. IIRC xz format can store uncompressed blocks but
> the tool doesn't appear to expose this as an option.

I believe most compressors should be able to do that. But yes, that
option would need to be exported.
Pavel
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