On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:14:57 -0500 "Daniel M. Weeks" <d...@danweeks.net> wrote:
> LZ4 as implemented in the kernel differs from the default method now > used by the reference implementation of LZ4. Until the in-kernel method > is updated to support the new default, passing the legacy flag (-l) to > the compressor is necessary. Without this flag the kernel-generated, > LZ4-compressed initramfs is junk. > > ... > > --- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh > +++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh > @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ case "$arg" in > && compr="lzop -9 -f" > echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lz4$" \ > && [ -x "`which lz4 2> /dev/null`" ] \ > - && compr="lz4 -9 -f" > + && compr="lz4 -l -9 -f" > echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat" > shift > ;; What happens is the user is running an old version of /bin/lz4? A version which predates this switch to a new format? Do those earlier versions accept -l, even though they don't need it? Or will the kernel build fail? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
