Re: [update5] [PATCH] init: bzip2 or lzma -compressed kernels and initrds

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Alain Knaff wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Hi Alain,
>>
>> Are you planning to submit an updated patch any time soon?  If so,
>> please separate the ARM, x86, library and generic portions into separate
>> patches.  It looks like at least some of them already went into ARM,
>> which makes it impractical to include this as a monolithic patch, which
>> it really shouldn't have to be, anyway.
>>
>>     -hpa
> 
> I'll look into it (the split) this weekend, if I'll find the time.
> Should each part be compilable on its own? If so, it might be difficult
> to do the split along the lines outlined above.
> 

Not individually, but part 1 should compile, as should parts 1+2, etc.

This pretty much means the order should be:

1. add library functions
2. generic functionality
3. x86 functionality
4. ARM functionality

Soem of these may be obsolete; I noticed collisions with the ARM tree.

	-hpa