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

Ingo Molnar
2020-07-24T12:17:24Z

* Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> 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