ARM: implement "uncompressed zImage" Based on RFC patch by Uwe Kleine-König http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg230153.html Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) = lzo compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA) = lzma compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ) = xzkern compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4) = lz4 +compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_CAT) = cat # Borrowed libfdt files for the ATAG compatibility mode --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ extern char * strstr(const char * s1, co #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlz4.c" #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_CAT +#include "../../../../lib/decompress_uncat.c" +#endif + int do_decompress(u8 *input, int len, u8 *output, void (*error)(char *x)) { return __decompress(input, len, NULL, NULL, output, 0, NULL, error); --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.cat.S @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + .section .piggydata,#alloc + .globl input_data +input_data: + .incbin "arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.cat" + .globl input_data_end +input_data_end: --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 bool +config HAVE_KERNEL_CAT + bool + choice prompt "Kernel compression mode" default KERNEL_GZIP @@ -193,9 +196,10 @@ config KERNEL_LZO bool "LZO" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO help - Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel - size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed - (both compression and decompression) is the fastest. + Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices (apart from + uncompressed below). The kernel size is about 10% bigger than gzip; + however its speed (both compression and decompression) is the + fastest. config KERNEL_LZ4 bool "LZ4" @@ -209,6 +213,12 @@ config KERNEL_LZ4 is about 8% bigger than LZO. But the decompression speed is faster than LZO. +config KERNEL_CAT + bool "uncompressed" + depends on HAVE_KERNEL_CAT + help + Don't use compression at all. + endchoice config DEFAULT_HOSTNAME --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/decompress_uncat.c @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +#include +#include + +#ifdef STATIC + +STATIC int __decompress(unsigned char *buf, long in_len, + long (*fill)(void*, unsigned long), + long (*flush)(void*, unsigned long), + unsigned char *output, long out_len, + long *posp, + void (*error)(char *x)) +{ + memmove(output, buf, in_len); + return 0; +} + +#endif --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib @@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ cmd_lz4 = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | lz4c -l -c1 stdin stdout && $(call size_append, $(filter-out FORCE,$^))) > $@ || \ (rm -f $@ ; false) +# uncompressed +# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +quiet_cmd_cat = CAT $@ +cmd_cat = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) \ + && $(call size_append, $(filter-out FORCE,$^))) > $@ || \ + (rm -f $@ ; false) + # U-Boot mkimage # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ config ARM select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ + select HAVE_KERNEL_CAT select HAVE_KPROBES if !XIP_KERNEL && !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 && !CPU_V7M select HAVE_KRETPROBES if (HAVE_KPROBES) select HAVE_MEMBLOCK