Re: [PATCH 0/5] Firmware loader support for ZSTD-compressed files

Takashi Iwai
2022-04-22T06:38:15Z

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:48:05 +0200,
Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:29:03PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is a revised patch set for RFC I posted some time ago (*).
> > Since the ZSTD usage became much more popular now, it makes sense to
> > have the consistent (de)compression support in the kernel, also for
> > the firmware files. This patch set adds the support for ZSTD-
> > compressed firmware files as well as the extension of selftests, in
> > addition to a couple of relevant fixes in selftests.
> >
> > (*) https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127154939.13288-1-tiwai@suse.de
>
> Russ had posted a set of patches which this likely needs to be
> rebased on top of. Russ however has to address one kernel splat
> found by 0day, so I'd expect a new set and then perhaps this can
> be based on that?

Sure, it should be fine, as the code change there is quite minimal.
Let me know if the base branch becomes ready.

thanks,

Takashi

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> [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220419231658.664388-1-russell.h.weight@intel.com
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> Luis
>