Re: [PATCH] scripts/make_fit.py: Drop explicit LZMA parallel compression

From: Nathan Chancellor

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 15:49:59 EST


On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:43:07 +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> Parallel compression for LZMA was added using the plzip tool. However
> plzip produces lzip format output, which is different from the raw LZMA
> format that the lzma tool produces. This causes depthcharge (the second
> stage bootloader on Chromebooks) to fail to load the payload.
>
> Drop the explicit LZMA parallel compression toolchain. If the lzma tool
> on the build machine is from xz-utils, then there's a chance parallel
> compression is already enabled.
>
> [...]

Applied to

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git kbuild-fixes

Thanks!

[1/1] scripts/make_fit.py: Drop explicit LZMA parallel compression
https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/59f18d88d96e8

Please look out for regression or issue reports or other follow up
comments, as they may result in the patch/series getting dropped or
reverted. Patches applied to an "unstable" branch are accepted pending
wider testing in -next and any post-commit review; they will generally
be moved to the main branch in a week if no issues are found.

Best regards,
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Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>