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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a23da9f01803..d95ca7cd5d45 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -115,10 +115,13 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
config HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
bool
+config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
+ bool
+
choice
prompt "Kernel compression mode"
default KERNEL_GZIP
- depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+ depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
help
The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable.
Several compression algorithms are available, which differ
@@ -141,9 +144,8 @@ config KERNEL_GZIP
bool "Gzip"
depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
help
- The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is
- the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both
- compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+ The old and tried gzip compression. It provides a good balance
+ between compression ratio and decompression speed.
config KERNEL_BZIP2
bool "Bzip2"
@@ -164,6 +166,14 @@ config KERNEL_LZMA
two. Compression is slowest. The kernel size is about 33%
smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
+config KERNEL_LZO
+ bool "LZO"
+ depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
+ help
+ Its compression ratio is the poorest among the 4. The kernel
+ size is about about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
+ (both compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+
endchoice
config SWAP