| Message ID | 1349551332-25169-1-git-send-email-gvaxon@gmail.com |
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| State | Superseded |
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On 06/10/12 21:22, Valentine Barshak wrote: > - $(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config) > - $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP,$(@D)/.config)) > + for c in GZIP BZIP2 LZMA XZ LZO; do \ > + if grep -qm1 "CONFIG_RD_$$c=y" $(@D)/.config; then \ > + $(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config); \ > + $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_$$c,$(@D)/.config); \ > + break; \ > + fi; \ > + done) I think this is a bit too complex for something that won't really be used by most people. Why not just remove the COMPRESSION lines from linux.mk? Then we fall back on the default if the user hasn't configured it explicitly. Gives the user the possibility to choose something else than the default, without adding complexity to buildroot. Regards, Arnout
On 10/07/2012 03:31 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > On 06/10/12 21:22, Valentine Barshak wrote: >> - $(call >> KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config) >> - $(call >> KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP,$(@D)/.config)) >> + for c in GZIP BZIP2 LZMA XZ LZO; do \ >> + if grep -qm1 "CONFIG_RD_$$c=y" $(@D)/.config; then \ >> + $(call >> KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config); \ >> + $(call >> KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_$$c,$(@D)/.config); \ >> + break; \ >> + fi; \ >> + done) > > I think this is a bit too complex for something that won't really be > used by > most people. Why not just remove the COMPRESSION lines from linux.mk? > Then > we fall back on the default if the user hasn't configured it > explicitly. Gives > the user the possibility to choose something else than the default, > without adding > complexity to buildroot. The problem here is that we can't set initramfs compression mode unless the initramfs source (CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) is set. We can only set RAM disk compression modes that should be supported by the kernel (CONFIR_RD_...). The source is set by buildroot. So the user has no capability to configure compression explicitly, unless he (she) sets a fake initramfs source file, which will be overridden by buildroot. IMHO, this is a bit hackish way to set anything other than default, which is COMPRESSION_NONE. Yes, that is what most people want. I just didn't want to drop other options in case somebody wants a compressed initramfs image. This could be needed for systems with low memory, for example. > > Regards, > Arnout Thanks, Val.
On 07/10/12 22:22, Valentine Barshak wrote: > The problem here is that we can't set initramfs compression mode unless the initramfs source (CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) > is set. We can only set RAM disk compression modes that should be supported by the kernel (CONFIR_RD_...). > > The source is set by buildroot. So the user has no capability to configure compression explicitly, unless he (she) sets > a fake initramfs source file, which will be overridden by buildroot. IMHO, this is a bit hackish way to set anything > other than default, which is COMPRESSION_NONE. > > Yes, that is what most people want. I just didn't want to drop other options in case somebody wants a compressed > initramfs image. > This could be needed for systems with low memory, for example. True. Still, I don't think that this corner case warrants the additional complexity of grepping etc. in the buildroot makefile. Especially because it still doesn't give the user complete configuration freedom: if both GZIP and BZIP2 initrd compression options are enabled (like is the case in some of the kernel's defconfigs), then still GZIP will be chosen. If we really want to support this in buildroot, then the choice should be added to fs/initramfs/Config.in. But also here I doubt that the (maintenance) work of having this option is worth it, because it's likely that it will _never_ be used. As you say yourself, if you really do need the option, there is a possibility to do it. And it's not as bad as you say, because when you run 'make linux-menuconfig', buildroot will first run a 'linux-configure' so the INITRAMFS_SOURCE will already be set. (At least, I think so :-) Regards, Arnout
On 10/08/2012 11:43 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > On 07/10/12 22:22, Valentine Barshak wrote: >> The problem here is that we can't set initramfs compression mode >> unless the initramfs source (CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) >> is set. We can only set RAM disk compression modes that should be >> supported by the kernel (CONFIR_RD_...). >> >> The source is set by buildroot. So the user has no capability to >> configure compression explicitly, unless he (she) sets >> a fake initramfs source file, which will be overridden by buildroot. >> IMHO, this is a bit hackish way to set anything >> other than default, which is COMPRESSION_NONE. >> >> Yes, that is what most people want. I just didn't want to drop other >> options in case somebody wants a compressed >> initramfs image. >> This could be needed for systems with low memory, for example. > > True. Still, I don't think that this corner case warrants the additional > complexity of grepping etc. in the buildroot makefile. Especially > because it > still doesn't give the user complete configuration freedom: if both GZIP > and > BZIP2 initrd compression options are enabled (like is the case in some > of the > kernel's defconfigs), then still GZIP will be chosen. Right. > > If we really want to support this in buildroot, then the choice should > be added > to fs/initramfs/Config.in. But also here I doubt that the (maintenance) > work of > having this option is worth it, because it's likely that it will _never_ > be used. > > As you say yourself, if you really do need the option, there is a > possibility > to do it. And it's not as bad as you say, because when you run > 'make linux-menuconfig', buildroot will first run a 'linux-configure' so > the > INITRAMFS_SOURCE will already be set. (At least, I think so :-) Indeed, so it's probably better to let the kernel config handle it, instead of attempting to force any compression mode in BR. > > > Regards, > Arnout > Thanks, Val.
diff --git a/fs/initramfs/Config.in b/fs/initramfs/Config.in index bbc2ab0..774a575 100644 --- a/fs/initramfs/Config.in +++ b/fs/initramfs/Config.in @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS A rootfs.cpio file will be generated in the images/ directory. This is the archive that will be included in the kernel image. - The rootfs in the kernel will always be gzip'ed, regardless - of how buildroot's cpio archive is configured. + The rootfs compression in the kernel will be set according to + the initial ram disk compression mode (CONFIG_RD_...) enabled, + regardless of how buildroot's cpio archive is configured. Note that enabling initramfs together with another filesystem formats doesn't make sense: you would end up having two diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk index c4bdf90..3521dcd 100644 --- a/linux/linux.mk +++ b/linux/linux.mk @@ -170,8 +170,13 @@ define LINUX_CONFIGURE_CMDS $(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE,\"$(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.cpio\",$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID,0,$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID,0,$(@D)/.config) - $(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config) - $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP,$(@D)/.config)) + for c in GZIP BZIP2 LZMA XZ LZO; do \ + if grep -qm1 "CONFIG_RD_$$c=y" $(@D)/.config; then \ + $(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config); \ + $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_$$c,$(@D)/.config); \ + break; \ + fi; \ + done) $(if $(BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_STATIC),, $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_DEVTMPFS,$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT,$(@D)/.config)) diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk index 293bf4f..5568943 100644 --- a/package/pkg-utils.mk +++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk @@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ UPPERCASE = $(strip $(eval __tmp := $1) \ # define KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT - $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(2) + $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(2); \ echo "$(1)=y" >> $(2) endef define KCONFIG_SET_OPT - $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(3) + $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(3); \ echo "$(1)=$(2)" >> $(3) endef define KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT - $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(2) + $(SED) "/\\<$(1)\\>/d" $(2); \ echo "# $(1) is not set" >> $(2) endef
Initramfs compression does not make much sense for the architectures that support compressed kernel images because in this case the data would be compressed twice. This will eventually result in a bigger kernel image and time overhead when uncompressing it. The only reason to use initramfs compression is to reduce memory usage when the kernel prepares initramfs, and both the unpacked filesystem and initramfs.cpio are present in the memory. Buildroot attempts to force GZIP compression for initramfs, however it doesn't always work because initramfs compression mode depends on RAM disk compression supported by the kernel. Thus, CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP depends on CONFIG_RD_GZIP. If CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set, setting GZIP initramfs compression will have no effect. Besides, the kernel also supports other compression methods, like BZIP2, LZMA, XZ and LZO. Forcing the good old GZIP does not really make much sense any more. This attempts to find the first RAM disk compression mode supported by the kernel, parsing CONFIG_RD_... variables, and sets CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ accordingly. If no RAM disk compression is supported, no initramfs compression is set, and the kernel will use CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE. I've slightly changed the KCONFIG_[SET|ENABLE|DISABLE]_OPT functions to be able to call them from shell "if" statement. Signed-off-by: Valentine Barshak <gvaxon@gmail.com> --- fs/initramfs/Config.in | 5 +++-- linux/linux.mk | 9 +++++++-- package/pkg-utils.mk | 6 +++--- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)