Initramfs compression does not make much sense for the architectures
that support compressed kernel images because in this case the data
would be compressed twice. This will eventually result in a bigger
kernel image and time overhead when uncompressing it.
The only reason to use compressed initramfs is to reduce memory
usage when the kernel prepares rootfs, and both the unpacked
filesystem and initramfs.cpio are present in the memory.
Buildroot attempts to force GZIP compression for initramfs,
however it doesn't always work because initramfs compression mode
depends on RAM disk compression supported by the kernel.
Thus, CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP depends on CONFIG_RD_GZIP.
If CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set, setting GZIP initramfs compression
will have no effect.
Besides, the kernel also supports other compression methods,
like BZIP2, LZMA, XZ and LZO. Forcing the good old GZIP does not
really make much sense any more.
This removes initramfs compression settings from Buildroot,
so that the default value preset in the kernel config is used,
which is CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE.
If initramfs compression is still needed, it can be set
in the kernel config (using make linux-menuconfig)
Signed-off-by: Valentine Barshak <gvaxon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
When the LZO compression mode is chosen the linux kernel requires
lzop host utility at build time.
Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Prefer xz compressed tarball so some bandwidth is saved for kernel headers
and kernel itself downloads.
Signed-off-by: Raúl Sánchez Siles <rasasi78@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Use a option name that doesn't change for every new 3.x version.
It's easier to maintain and consistent with barebox.
Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Remove the OCF linux kernel extension instead opting to build ocf-linux
modules out of tree.
This is easier for users since no kernel config tweaking is required.
On the downside the OCF drivers can't be used, but then all of the
kernel crypto drivers are available to users via cryptosoft which is
preferred.
Also remove it from the menu to utilize a virtual.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Commit c461e64201 bumped the linux 3.8.x
stable version from 3.8.5 to 3.8.6, but did so in only one of the two places
in which the version number is hard-coded in linux/Config.in
Signed-off-by: Simon Dawson <spdawson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
The option BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET used to install the kernel in
/boot in the rootfs. The introduction of the device tree builds made it
possible to generate device tree blobs, and stored them in IMAGES_DIR
like the kernel, but didn't copy the dtb in /boot when _INSTALL_TARGET
was enabled.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Closes#5846
The $(dir ...) function leaves a slash at the end, so that the LINUX_SITE
variable for a custom tarball ends in a slash. The DOWNLOAD macro adds
another slash between SITE and SOURCE, which results in a double slash in
the download URL.
Fix this by stripping off the final slash from the _SITE in all packages that
have a custom tarball.
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
The $(wildcard ) doesn't work for LINUX_APPEND_DTB, because the .dtb
doesn't exist yet at that point.
Also factor the common part out.
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
.dtb files are now generated in arch/$ARCH/boot/dts instead of
arch/$ARCH/boot, so extend the LINUX_INSTALL_DTB rule to look there
as well.
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Only qstrip once and add a KERNEL_DTBS helper variable to simplify the dtb
rules.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Newer kernels had a slight change in the random number API so the OCF
patchset requires a slight tweak to build and run properly.
Affected kernels are, per series:
>=3.0.41, >=3.2.29, >=3.4.9, >=3.5.2 and any newer version.
The fix is applied by detecting the API change rather than guessing the
kernel version.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
