From 69f0554ec261fd686ac7fa1c598cc9eb27b83a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Ruppert Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:11:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: add option to disable kernel compression Some ARC users say they can boot faster with without kernel compression. This probably depends on things like the FLASH chip they use etc. Until now, kernel compression can only be disabled by removing "select HAVE_" lines from the architecture Kconfig. So add the Kconfig logic to permit disabling of kernel compression. Signed-off-by: Christian Ruppert Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- init/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index bc8911fab28e..5496f307988e 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 choice prompt "Kernel compression mode" default KERNEL_GZIP - depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 help The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable. Several compression algorithms are available, which differ @@ -137,6 +136,13 @@ choice If in doubt, select 'gzip' +config KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED + bool "No compression" + help + No compression at all. The kernel is huge but the compression and + decompression times are zero. + This is usually not what you want. + config KERNEL_GZIP bool "Gzip" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP