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Differences between /usr/Kconfig (Version linux-6.11.5) and /usr/Kconfig (Version linux-4.11.12)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0             << 
  2 #                                                   1 #
  3 # Configuration for initramfs                       2 # Configuration for initramfs
  4 #                                                   3 #
  5                                                     4 
  6 config INITRAMFS_SOURCE                             5 config INITRAMFS_SOURCE
  7         string "Initramfs source file(s)"           6         string "Initramfs source file(s)"
  8         default ""                                  7         default ""
  9         help                                        8         help
 10           This can be either a single cpio arc      9           This can be either a single cpio archive with a .cpio suffix or a
 11           space-separated list of directories      10           space-separated list of directories and files for building the
 12           initramfs image.  A cpio archive sho     11           initramfs image.  A cpio archive should contain a filesystem archive
 13           to be used as an initramfs image.  D     12           to be used as an initramfs image.  Directories should contain a
 14           filesystem layout to be included in      13           filesystem layout to be included in the initramfs image.  Files
 15           should contain entries according to      14           should contain entries according to the format described by the
 16           "usr/gen_init_cpio" program in the k     15           "usr/gen_init_cpio" program in the kernel tree.
 17                                                    16 
 18           When multiple directories and files      17           When multiple directories and files are specified then the
 19           initramfs image will be the aggregat     18           initramfs image will be the aggregate of all of them.
 20                                                    19 
 21           See <file:Documentation/driver-api/e !!  20           See <file:Documentation/early-userspace/README> for more details.
 22                                                    21 
 23           If you are not sure, leave it blank.     22           If you are not sure, leave it blank.
 24                                                    23 
 25 config INITRAMFS_FORCE                         << 
 26         bool "Ignore the initramfs passed by t << 
 27         depends on CMDLINE_EXTEND || CMDLINE_F << 
 28         help                                   << 
 29           This option causes the kernel to ign << 
 30           (or initrd image) passed to it by th << 
 31           analogous to CMDLINE_FORCE, which is << 
 32           and is useful if you cannot or don't << 
 33           your bootloader passes to the kernel << 
 34                                                << 
 35 config INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID                          24 config INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID
 36         int "User ID to map to 0 (user root)"      25         int "User ID to map to 0 (user root)"
 37         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""            26         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
 38         default "0"                                27         default "0"
 39         help                                       28         help
 40           If INITRAMFS_SOURCE points to a dire !!  29           This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is
 41           (-1 = current user) will be owned by !!  30           contains a directory.  Setting this user ID (UID) to something
                                                   >>  31           other than "0" will cause all files owned by that UID to be
                                                   >>  32           owned by user root in the initial ramdisk image.
 42                                                    33 
 43           If you are not sure, leave it set to     34           If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
 44                                                    35 
 45 config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID                          36 config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID
 46         int "Group ID to map to 0 (group root)     37         int "Group ID to map to 0 (group root)"
 47         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""            38         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
 48         default "0"                                39         default "0"
 49         help                                       40         help
 50           If INITRAMFS_SOURCE points to a dire !!  41           This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is
 51           (-1 = current group) will be owned b !!  42           contains a directory.  Setting this group ID (GID) to something
                                                   >>  43           other than "0" will cause all files owned by that GID to be
                                                   >>  44           owned by group root in the initial ramdisk image.
 52                                                    45 
 53           If you are not sure, leave it set to     46           If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
 54                                                    47 
 55 config RD_GZIP                                     48 config RD_GZIP
 56         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  49         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using gzip"
                                                   >>  50         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 57         default y                                  51         default y
 58         select DECOMPRESS_GZIP                     52         select DECOMPRESS_GZIP
 59         help                                       53         help
 60           Support loading of a gzip encoded in     54           Support loading of a gzip encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer.
 61           If unsure, say Y.                        55           If unsure, say Y.
 62                                                    56 
 63 config RD_BZIP2                                    57 config RD_BZIP2
 64         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  58         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using bzip2"
 65         default y                                  59         default y
                                                   >>  60         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 66         select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2                    61         select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
 67         help                                       62         help
 68           Support loading of a bzip2 encoded i     63           Support loading of a bzip2 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
 69           If unsure, say N.                        64           If unsure, say N.
 70                                                    65 
 71 config RD_LZMA                                     66 config RD_LZMA
 72         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  67         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZMA"
 73         default y                                  68         default y
                                                   >>  69         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 74         select DECOMPRESS_LZMA                     70         select DECOMPRESS_LZMA
 75         help                                       71         help
 76           Support loading of a LZMA encoded in     72           Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
 77           If unsure, say N.                        73           If unsure, say N.
 78                                                    74 
 79 config RD_XZ                                       75 config RD_XZ
 80         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  76         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using XZ"
                                                   >>  77         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 81         default y                                  78         default y
 82         select DECOMPRESS_XZ                       79         select DECOMPRESS_XZ
 83         help                                       80         help
 84           Support loading of a XZ encoded init     81           Support loading of a XZ encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer.
 85           If unsure, say N.                        82           If unsure, say N.
 86                                                    83 
 87 config RD_LZO                                      84 config RD_LZO
 88         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  85         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZO"
 89         default y                                  86         default y
                                                   >>  87         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 90         select DECOMPRESS_LZO                      88         select DECOMPRESS_LZO
 91         help                                       89         help
 92           Support loading of a LZO encoded ini     90           Support loading of a LZO encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
 93           If unsure, say N.                        91           If unsure, say N.
 94                                                    92 
 95 config RD_LZ4                                      93 config RD_LZ4
 96         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co !!  94         bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZ4"
 97         default y                                  95         default y
                                                   >>  96         depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 98         select DECOMPRESS_LZ4                      97         select DECOMPRESS_LZ4
 99         help                                       98         help
100           Support loading of a LZ4 encoded ini     99           Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
101           If unsure, say N.                       100           If unsure, say N.
102                                                   101 
103 config RD_ZSTD                                 << 
104         bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs co << 
105         default y                              << 
106         select DECOMPRESS_ZSTD                 << 
107         help                                   << 
108           Support loading of a ZSTD encoded in << 
109           If unsure, say N.                    << 
110                                                << 
111 choice                                            102 choice
112         prompt "Built-in initramfs compression    103         prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode"
113         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE != ""      !! 104         depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
                                                   >> 105         optional
114         help                                      106         help
115           This option allows you to decide by     107           This option allows you to decide by which algorithm the builtin
116           initramfs will be compressed.  Sever    108           initramfs will be compressed.  Several compression algorithms are
117           available, which differ in efficienc    109           available, which differ in efficiency, compression and
118           decompression speed.  Compression sp    110           decompression speed.  Compression speed is only relevant
119           when building a kernel.  Decompressi    111           when building a kernel.  Decompression speed is relevant at
120           each boot. Also the memory usage dur    112           each boot. Also the memory usage during decompression may become
121           relevant on memory constrained syste    113           relevant on memory constrained systems. This is usually based on the
122           dictionary size of the algorithm wit    114           dictionary size of the algorithm with algorithms like XZ and LZMA
123           featuring large dictionary sizes.       115           featuring large dictionary sizes.
124                                                   116 
125           High compression options are mostly     117           High compression options are mostly useful for users who are
126           low on RAM, since it reduces the mem    118           low on RAM, since it reduces the memory consumption during
127           boot.                                   119           boot.
128                                                   120 
129           Keep in mind that your build system     121           Keep in mind that your build system needs to provide the appropriate
130           compression tool to compress the gen    122           compression tool to compress the generated initram cpio file for
131           embedding.                              123           embedding.
132                                                   124 
133           If in doubt, select 'None'              125           If in doubt, select 'None'
134                                                   126 
                                                   >> 127 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
                                                   >> 128         bool "None"
                                                   >> 129         help
                                                   >> 130           Do not compress the built-in initramfs at all. This may sound wasteful
                                                   >> 131           in space, but, you should be aware that the built-in initramfs will be
                                                   >> 132           compressed at a later stage anyways along with the rest of the kernel,
                                                   >> 133           on those architectures that support this. However, not compressing the
                                                   >> 134           initramfs may lead to slightly higher memory consumption during a
                                                   >> 135           short time at boot, while both the cpio image and the unpacked
                                                   >> 136           filesystem image will be present in memory simultaneously
                                                   >> 137 
135 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP                 138 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP
136         bool "Gzip"                               139         bool "Gzip"
137         depends on RD_GZIP                        140         depends on RD_GZIP
138         help                                      141         help
139           Use the old and well tested gzip com    142           Use the old and well tested gzip compression algorithm. Gzip provides
140           a good balance between compression r    143           a good balance between compression ratio and decompression speed and
141           has a reasonable compression speed.     144           has a reasonable compression speed. It is also more likely to be
142           supported by your build system as th    145           supported by your build system as the gzip tool is present by default
143           on most distros.                        146           on most distros.
144                                                   147 
145 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2                148 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2
146         bool "Bzip2"                              149         bool "Bzip2"
147         depends on RD_BZIP2                       150         depends on RD_BZIP2
148         help                                      151         help
149           It's compression ratio and speed is     152           It's compression ratio and speed is intermediate. Decompression speed
150           is slowest among the choices. The in    153           is slowest among the choices. The initramfs size is about 10% smaller
151           with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. B    154           with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. Bzip2 uses a large amount of
152           memory. For modern kernels you will     155           memory. For modern kernels you will need at least 8MB RAM or more for
153           booting.                                156           booting.
154                                                   157 
155           If you choose this, keep in mind tha    158           If you choose this, keep in mind that you need to have the bzip2 tool
156           available to be able to compress the    159           available to be able to compress the initram.
157                                                   160 
158 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA                 161 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA
159         bool "LZMA"                               162         bool "LZMA"
160         depends on RD_LZMA                        163         depends on RD_LZMA
161         help                                      164         help
162           This algorithm's compression ratio i    165           This algorithm's compression ratio is best but has a large dictionary
163           size which might cause issues in mem    166           size which might cause issues in memory constrained systems.
164           Decompression speed is between the o    167           Decompression speed is between the other choices. Compression is
165           slowest. The initramfs size is about    168           slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% smaller with LZMA in
166           comparison to gzip.                     169           comparison to gzip.
167                                                   170 
168           If you choose this, keep in mind tha    171           If you choose this, keep in mind that you may need to install the xz
169           or lzma tools to be able to compress    172           or lzma tools to be able to compress the initram.
170                                                   173 
171 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ                   174 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ
172         bool "XZ"                                 175         bool "XZ"
173         depends on RD_XZ                          176         depends on RD_XZ
174         help                                      177         help
175           XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm and has     178           XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm and has a large dictionary which may cause
176           problems on memory constrained syste    179           problems on memory constrained systems. The initramfs size is about
177           30% smaller with XZ in comparison to    180           30% smaller with XZ in comparison to gzip. Decompression speed is
178           better than that of bzip2 but worse     181           better than that of bzip2 but worse than gzip and LZO. Compression is
179           slow.                                   182           slow.
180                                                   183 
181           If you choose this, keep in mind tha    184           If you choose this, keep in mind that you may need to install the xz
182           tool to be able to compress the init    185           tool to be able to compress the initram.
183                                                   186 
184 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO                  187 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO
185         bool "LZO"                                188         bool "LZO"
186         depends on RD_LZO                         189         depends on RD_LZO
187         help                                      190         help
188           Its compression ratio is the second  !! 191           It's compression ratio is the second poorest amongst the choices. The
189           kernel size is about 10% bigger than !! 192           kernel size is about 10% bigger than gzip. Despite that, it's
190           decompression speed is the second fa !! 193           decompression speed is the second fastest and it's compression speed
191           is quite fast too.                      194           is quite fast too.
192                                                   195 
193           If you choose this, keep in mind tha    196           If you choose this, keep in mind that you may need to install the lzop
194           tool to be able to compress the init    197           tool to be able to compress the initram.
195                                                   198 
196 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4                  199 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4
197         bool "LZ4"                                200         bool "LZ4"
198         depends on RD_LZ4                         201         depends on RD_LZ4
199         help                                      202         help
200           It's compression ratio is the poores    203           It's compression ratio is the poorest amongst the choices. The kernel
201           size is about 15% bigger than gzip;     204           size is about 15% bigger than gzip; however its decompression speed
202           is the fastest.                         205           is the fastest.
203                                                   206 
204           If you choose this, keep in mind tha    207           If you choose this, keep in mind that most distros don't provide lz4
205           by default which could cause a build    208           by default which could cause a build failure.
206                                                   209 
207 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD              << 
208         bool "ZSTD"                            << 
209         depends on RD_ZSTD                     << 
210         help                                   << 
211           ZSTD is a compression algorithm targ << 
212           with fast decompression speed. It wi << 
213           decompress around the same speed as  << 
214                                                << 
215           If you choose this, keep in mind tha << 
216           tool to be able to compress the init << 
217                                                << 
218 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE              << 
219         bool "None"                            << 
220         help                                   << 
221           Do not compress the built-in initram << 
222           in space, but, you should be aware t << 
223           compressed at a later stage anyways  << 
224           on those architectures that support  << 
225           initramfs may lead to slightly highe << 
226           short time at boot, while both the c << 
227           filesystem image will be present in  << 
228                                                << 
229 endchoice                                         210 endchoice
                                                   >> 211 
                                                   >> 212 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION
                                                   >> 213         string
                                                   >> 214         default ""      if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
                                                   >> 215         default ".gz"   if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP
                                                   >> 216         default ".bz2"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2
                                                   >> 217         default ".lzma" if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA
                                                   >> 218         default ".xz"   if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ
                                                   >> 219         default ".lzo"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO
                                                   >> 220         default ".lz4"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4
                                                   >> 221         default ".gz"   if RD_GZIP
                                                   >> 222         default ".lz4"  if RD_LZ4
                                                   >> 223         default ".lzo"  if RD_LZO
                                                   >> 224         default ".xz"   if RD_XZ
                                                   >> 225         default ".lzma" if RD_LZMA
                                                   >> 226         default ".bz2"  if RD_BZIP2
                                                   >> 227         default ""
                                                      

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