Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: boot: support minigzip bzImage compression

[Michal Marek]

On 23.10.2013 04:53, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 10/22/2013 05:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be better to fix gzip than hacking around this in the kernel?
>>
> Or just change the build system to have /bin/gzip point to minigzip if so
> desired. I have done the same to replace it with pigz.

Yes. And if the Makefiles must be patched, then I'd suggest adding a
$(GZIP) variable to the main Makefile and using that:

make GZIP=pigz bzImage
make GZIP=minigzip bzImage

Michal
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