I cannot believe that nobody has tried to boot using LZ4 kernel compression/decompression.
According to the (very sparse) documentation, this feature has been available since the end of 2013. Regards, Andre En réponse à Andre Massena <andre_mass...@lavache.com> : > ------------------ Début du message d'origine -------------------- > > No takers here? > > I would have thought that compress/decompress at Boot would > have been mildly > interesting for some... > > > Regards, > > > > Andre > > > > > En réponse à Andre Massena <andre_mass...@lavache.com> : > > ------------------ Début du message d'origine > -------------------- > > > > John, > > > > > > > > I was not aware that Grub played a role in decompressing a > > kernal at boot as > > that is a kernel function. > > > > I am running Grub 2.02 if that matters. > > > > What I should have mentioned in my first post is that "gzip" > > (of course) and > > "xz" work flawlessly in decompressing at boot, if selected. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Andre > > > > > > En réponse à John-John Tedro <johnjohn.te...@gmail.com> : > > > ------------------ Début du message d'origine > > -------------------- > > > > > > On 29 Oct 2014 10:29, "Andre Massena" > > > <andre_mass...@lavache.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > > > having trawled through several search engines and > perused > > > various Debian > > > > lists, I am still in the dark... > > > > > > > > I am running Debian Jessie (Kernel 3.17.1) on a Thinkpad > > > X230. I would > > > like > > > > to use LZ4 to compress/decompress the kernel on booting. > > > > As per apt-get, the release of liblz4-1 I am running is > > > r122-2. > > > > > > > > I have the following kernel settings - > > > > > > > > CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4=y > > > > CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4=y > > > > CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4=y > > > > CONFIG_ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS=y > > > > CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZ4=y > > > > CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZ4HC=y > > > > CONFIG_LZ4_COMPRESS=y > > > > CONFIG_LZ4HC_COMPRESS=y > > > > CONFIG_LZ4_DECOMPRESS=y > > > > CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZ4=y > > > > > > > > in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d I have a file called > "lz4" > > > which contains > > > the > > > > line > > > > COMPRESS=lz4c. > > > > I subsequently run update-initramfs with the appropriate > > > switches and > > > reboot. > > > > > > > > > > I believe this causes the initramfs image to be compressed > > > differently. > > > It would then seem that your boot loader is unable to > > > decompress it. > > > > > > > > > > > Result is a "initramfs unpacking failed: junk in > compiled > > > archive" message > > > > at boot. > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have an idea what I might have done > > > wrong/incorrect or indeed > > > > any pointers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andre > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > www.lavache.com : l'email gratuit sans pub, vachement > > meuh. > > > > www.hugolescargot.com : coloriage, fiches recettes et > > > bricolage, > > > chansons, etc. > > > > www.jeux-gratuits.com : des jeux en ligne pour toute la > > > famille. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > > debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > > Archive: > > > > > > https://lists.debian.org/1414574536.5450b1c823...@lavache.alinto.com > > > > > > > > > > My guess is that your version/variant of grub (or lilo) > > > doesn't understand > > > lz4. > > > > > > ------------------- Fin du message d'origine > > --------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > www.lavache.com : l'email gratuit sans pub, vachement meuh. > > www.hugolescargot.com : coloriage, fiches recettes et > > bricolage, chansons, etc. > > www.jeux-gratuits.com : des jeux en ligne pour toute la > > famille. > > > > ------------------- Fin du message d'origine > --------------------- > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > www.lavache.com : l'email gratuit sans pub, vachement meuh. > www.hugolescargot.com : coloriage, fiches recettes et > bricolage, chansons, etc. > www.jeux-gratuits.com : des jeux en ligne pour toute la > famille. > > ------------------- Fin du message d'origine --------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.lavache.com : l'email gratuit sans pub, vachement meuh. www.hugolescargot.com : coloriage, fiches recettes et bricolage, chansons, etc. www.jeux-gratuits.com : des jeux en ligne pour toute la famille. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1414603300.54512224b6...@lavache.alinto.com