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Diffstat (limited to 'usr')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/Kconfig | 101 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/Makefile | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/initramfs_data.S | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/initramfs_data.gz.S | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S | 29 |
6 files changed, 213 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig index 86cecb59dd07..588c588791e2 100644 --- a/usr/Kconfig +++ b/usr/Kconfig @@ -44,3 +44,104 @@ config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID owned by group root in the initial ramdisk image. If you are not sure, leave it set to "0". + +config RD_GZIP + bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using gzip" if EMBEDDED + default y + depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD + select DECOMPRESS_GZIP + help + Support loading of a gzip encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer. + If unsure, say Y. + +config RD_BZIP2 + bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using bzip2" if EMBEDDED + default !EMBEDDED + depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD + select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2 + help + Support loading of a bzip2 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer + If unsure, say N. + +config RD_LZMA + bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZMA" if EMBEDDED + default !EMBEDDED + depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD + select DECOMPRESS_LZMA + help + Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer + If unsure, say N. + +if INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" + +choice + prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode" + help + This option decides by which algorithm the builtin initramfs + will be compressed. Several compression algorithms are + available, which differ in efficiency, compression and + decompression speed. Compression speed is only relevant + when building a kernel. Decompression speed is relevant at + each boot. + + If you have any problems with bzip2 or LZMA compressed + initramfs, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. + + High compression options are mostly useful for users who are + low on RAM, since it reduces the memory consumption during + boot. + + If in doubt, select 'gzip' + +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE + bool "None" + help + Do not compress the built-in initramfs at all. This may + sound wasteful in space, but, you should be aware that the + built-in initramfs will be compressed at a later stage + anyways along with the rest of the kernel, on those + architectures that support this. + However, not compressing the initramfs may lead to slightly + higher memory consumption during a short time at boot, while + both the cpio image and the unpacked filesystem image will + be present in memory simultaneously + +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP + bool "Gzip" + depends on RD_GZIP + help + The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is + the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both + compression and decompression) is the fastest. + +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 + bool "Bzip2" + depends on RD_BZIP2 + help + Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. + Decompression speed is slowest among the three. The initramfs + size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. + Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you + will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting. + +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA + bool "LZMA" + depends on RD_LZMA + help + The most recent compression algorithm. + Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other + two. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% + smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. + +endchoice + +endif + +if INITRAMFS_SOURCE="" +# The builtin initramfs is so small so we don't want to bug the user... + +config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE + bool + default y + +endif diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile index 201f27f8cbaf..b84894b3929d 100644 --- a/usr/Makefile +++ b/usr/Makefile @@ -6,13 +6,25 @@ klibcdirs:; PHONY += klibcdirs +# No compression +suffix_$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE) = + +# Gzip, but no bzip2 +suffix_$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP) = .gz + +# Bzip2 +suffix_$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2) = .bz2 + +# Lzma +suffix_$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA) = .lzma + # Generate builtin.o based on initramfs_data.o -obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o +obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data$(suffix_y).o -# initramfs_data.o contains the initramfs_data.cpio.gz image. +# initramfs_data.o contains the compressed initramfs_data.cpio image. # The image is included using .incbin, a dependency which is not # tracked automatically. -$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz FORCE +$(obj)/initramfs_data$(suffix_y).o: $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y) FORCE ##### # Generate the initramfs cpio archive @@ -25,28 +37,28 @@ ramfs-args := \ $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \ $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID)) -# .initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d is used to identify all files included +# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed. # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l -ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d),) - include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d +ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d),) + include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d endif quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN $@ cmd_initfs = $(initramfs) -o $@ $(ramfs-args) $(ramfs-input) -targets := initramfs_data.cpio.gz +targets := initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_data.cpio.bz2 initramfs_data.cpio.lzma initramfs_data.cpio # do not try to update files included in initramfs $(deps_initramfs): ; $(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs -# We rebuild initramfs_data.cpio.gz if: -# 1) Any included file is newer then initramfs_data.cpio.gz +# We rebuild initramfs_data.cpio if: +# 1) Any included file is newer then initramfs_data.cpio # 2) There are changes in which files are included (added or deleted) -# 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio.gz +# 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio # 4) arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes -$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz: $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs - $(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d +$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs + $(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d $(call if_changed,initfs) diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.S b/usr/initramfs_data.S index c2e1ad424f4a..7c6973d8d829 100644 --- a/usr/initramfs_data.S +++ b/usr/initramfs_data.S @@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ SECTIONS */ .section .init.ramfs,"a" -.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz" +.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio" diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S b/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bc54d090365c --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/* + initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the + filesystem used for early user space. + Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23 + released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin. + If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the + following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary: + + + ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \ + -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o + ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o + + initramfs_data.scr looks like this: +SECTIONS +{ + .init.ramfs : { *(.data) } +} + + The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures. + Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced. + + Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set + in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures. +*/ + +.section .init.ramfs,"a" +.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.bz2" diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..890c8dd1d6bd --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/* + initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the + filesystem used for early user space. + Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23 + released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin. + If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the + following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary: + + + ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \ + -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o + ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o + + initramfs_data.scr looks like this: +SECTIONS +{ + .init.ramfs : { *(.data) } +} + + The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures. + Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced. + + Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set + in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures. +*/ + +.section .init.ramfs,"a" +.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz" diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S b/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e11469e48562 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/* + initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the + filesystem used for early user space. + Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23 + released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin. + If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the + following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary: + + + ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \ + -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o + ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o + + initramfs_data.scr looks like this: +SECTIONS +{ + .init.ramfs : { *(.data) } +} + + The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures. + Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced. + + Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set + in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures. +*/ + +.section .init.ramfs,"a" +.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.lzma" |