Messages in this thread | | | From | "Christian Ludwig" <> | Subject | Re: bzip2 support against 2.4.18 | Date | Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:12:18 +0200 |
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Daniel Phillips wrote on Friday, July 12, 2002 10:52 AM:
> On Friday 12 July 2002 10:32, Christian Ludwig wrote: > > To make it > > at least a little bit easier there should be that 'bz2' in the name. So > > 'bz2linux' would be a goal. But if we do this we also could change 'bzImage' > > to 'gzlinux'. > > You can feel pretty confident in thinking the name bzImage is never going > to change, if only because too many fingers know how to type the stupid > thing by reflex action.
Right.
> > On the other hand I also had the idea to let the name 'bzImage' be for both, > > gzip and bzip2. The problem is that I can neither overload the name nor > > choose the kernel compression at configuration time [I do not know how to > > make it at least]. > > Now that you mention it, bzImage should continue to serve perfectly well, > so long as you have some other way of configuring the kernel compression > method than via the make target. Why not just make the compression method > a config option? If it had been done this way from the beginning, we'd > never have acquired the b or the z. > > This way you avoid the entire controversy of chosing a new name for the > kernel image, and anyway, it's a nicer interface than via the make > target.
That came into my mind, too. Let's see what I can do about it... It won't probably be ready before August, because I still have some exams.
Have fun.
- Christian
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