[PATCH -next] x86, doc: Add LZ4 magic number for the new compression
From: Kyungsik Lee
Date: Fri Apr 26 2013 - 01:09:23 EST
Documentation/x86/boot.txt is updated to list the LZ4 magic number.
This LZ4 magic number is used for the new compression format.
Signed-off-by: Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 3840b6f..fc66d42 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -657,9 +657,10 @@ Protocol: 2.08+
uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
numbers. The currently supported compression formats are gzip
(magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A), LZMA
- (magic number 5D 00), and XZ (magic number FD 37). The uncompressed
- payload is currently always ELF (magic number 7F 45 4C 46).
-
+ (magic number 5D 00), XZ (magic number FD 37), and LZ4 (magic number
+ 02 21). The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF (magic
+ number 7F 45 4C 46).
+
Field name: payload_length
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x24c/4
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1.8.1.1
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