Kim Mik
2009-Jan-11 15:58 UTC
[syslinux] lzma and bzip compressed kernels, initrds and images
hpa, will there be support for lzma and bzip compressed kernels, initrds and images in one of the following releases of syslinux? I saw that you want lzma and bzip2 compression included in the kernel: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/f415aa765c09c9f7/dae008992e14840f?lnk=raot&pli=1 Gert Hulselmans
H. Peter Anvin
2009-Jan-11 23:38 UTC
[syslinux] lzma and bzip compressed kernels, initrds and images
Kim Mik wrote:> hpa, will there be support for lzma and bzip compressed kernels, initrds and images in one of the following releases of syslinux? > > I saw that you want lzma and bzip2 compression included in the kernel: > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/f415aa765c09c9f7/dae008992e14840f?lnk=raot&pli=1 >Hi, Syslinux (or any other bootloader, except possibly the Xen bootloader) won't need any changes at all. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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