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Michael

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:14:44 +0100, Christian Melki 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> * Add possibility for custom compression.
> * Options are now issued with the compressor util.
> * Fill in some more help regarding the methods.
> * xz needs crc32 instead of crc64 for the kernel cpio.
> * Set zstd compression level to the same as for the kernel (19).
> * Use multithreading for zstd (deterministic, afaiu).
> 
> Actively decided against -T0 for xz, as compression
> is not deterministic when number of threads varies.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Melki <[email protected]>
> Message-Id: <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <[email protected]>
> 
> diff --git a/platforms/image-root-cpio.in b/platforms/image-root-cpio.in
> index d3090dc298e9..0338175a0882 100644
> --- a/platforms/image-root-cpio.in
> +++ b/platforms/image-root-cpio.in
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ menuconfig IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO
>         When including a cpio archive inside the kernel blob,
>         the kernel build system can manage compressing the cpio
>         archive itself.
> +       Beware, not all compressors are inherently deterministic
> +       when using them in a multithreaded fashion.
>  
>  if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO
>  
> @@ -32,42 +34,57 @@ config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_GZ
>       bool
>       prompt "gz"
>       help
> -       Compress root.cpio with gz
> +       Compress root.cpio with gz.
> +       Uses default compression level.
>  
>  config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_ZSTD
>       bool
>       prompt "zstd"
>       help
> -       Compress root.cpio with zstd
> +       Compress root.cpio with zstd.
> +       Uses multithreaded, compression level 19.
>  
>  config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XZ
>       bool
>       prompt "xz"
>       help
> -       Compress root.cpio with xz
> +       Compress root.cpio with xz.
> +       Uses default compression level and
> +       crc32 checksum for kernel cpio compatibility.
>  
>  config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_LZOP
>       bool
>       prompt "lzop"
>       help
> -       Compress root.cpio with lzop
> +       Compress root.cpio with lzop.
> +       Uses default compression level.
>  
>  endchoice
>  
> +config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_CUSTOM_COMPRESSION
> +     bool
> +     prompt "customize compression command"
> +     help
> +       This allows specifying additional arguments to the compressor
> +       command. Note that the command itself should not be changed.
> +       Otherwise ptxdist cannot ensure that the tool is available.
> +
>  config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_SUFFIX
>       string
> -     default ""              if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_NONE
> -     default ".gz"           if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_GZ
> -     default ".zst"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_ZSTD
> -     default ".xz"           if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XZ
> -     default ".lzo"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_LZOP
> +     prompt "compression suffix"     if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_CUSTOM_COMPRESSION
> +     default ""                      if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_NONE
> +     default ".gz"                   if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_GZ
> +     default ".zst"                  if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_ZSTD
> +     default ".xz"                   if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XZ
> +     default ".lzo"                  if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_LZOP
>  
>  config IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_UTIL
>       string
> -     default ""              if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_NONE
> -     default "gzip"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_GZ
> -     default "zstd"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_ZSTD
> -     default "xz"            if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XZ
> -     default "lzop"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_LZOP
> +     prompt "compression tool"       if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_CUSTOM_COMPRESSION
> +     default ""                      if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_NONE
> +     default "gzip"                  if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_GZ
> +     default "zstd -T0 -19"          if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_ZSTD
> +     default "xz --check=crc32"      if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_XZ
> +     default "lzop"                  if IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_MODE_LZOP
>  
>  endif
> diff --git a/rules/image-root-cpio.make b/rules/image-root-cpio.make
> index fdb0ccfff1cd..447a649c8245 100644
> --- a/rules/image-root-cpio.make
> +++ b/rules/image-root-cpio.make
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_CONFIG      := cpio.config
>  
>  IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_ENV := \
>       FORMAT="newc" \
> -     COMPRESS=$(call remove_quotes, 
> $(PTXCONF_IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_UTIL))
> +     COMPRESS=$(PTXCONF_IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_COMPRESSION_UTIL)
>  
>  ifdef PTXCONF_IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO
>  $(IMAGE_ROOT_CPIO_IMAGE):

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