From 1bf49dd4be0b000030c6f04c4a16a17d9affdbd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:11:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ./Makefile: export initial ramdisk compression config option
Make menuconfig allows one to choose compression format of an initial
ramdisk image. But this choice does not result in duly compressed ramdisk
image. Because - $ make install - does not pass on the selected
compression choice to the dracut(8) tool, which creates the initramfs
file. dracut(8) generates the image with the default compression, ie.
gzip(1).
This patch exports the selected compression option to a sub-shell
environment, so that it could be used by dracut(8) tool to generate
appropriately compressed initramfs images.
There isn't a straightforward way to pass on options to dracut(8) via
positional parameters. Because it is indirectly invoked at the end of a $
make install sequence.
# make install
-> arch/$arch/boot/Makefile
-> arch/$arch/boot/install.sh
-> /sbing/installkernel ...
-> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ...
-> /sbin/dracut ...
Signed-off-by: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
Makefile | 16 ++++++++++++++++
init/do_mounts_rd.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67077ad6edbb..606a66cdcdb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -720,6 +720,22 @@ mod_strip_cmd = true
endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
export mod_strip_cmd
+# Select initial ramdisk compression format, default is gzip(1).
+# This shall be used by the dracut(8) tool while creating an initramfs image.
+#
+INITRD_COMPRESS=gzip
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_BZIP2), y)
+ INITRD_COMPRESS=bzip2
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZMA), y)
+ INITRD_COMPRESS=lzma
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_XZ), y)
+ INITRD_COMPRESS=xz
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZO), y)
+ INITRD_COMPRESS=lzo
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_RD_LZ4), y)
+ INITRD_COMPRESS=lz4
+endif
+export INITRD_COMPRESS
ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL
MODSECKEY = ./signing_key.priv
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 143e98de6f29..7c098ac9068a 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, int out_fd, decompress_fn deco);
* cramfs
* squashfs
* gzip
+ * bzip2
+ * lzma
+ * xz
+ * lzo
+ * lz4
*/
static int __init
identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start_block, decompress_fn *decompressor)