summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorChristian Melki <christian.melki@t2data.com>2022-03-13 07:58:37 +0100
committerMichael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>2022-03-13 12:20:24 +0100
commitfbdd1b19b83569cd13d3899391473a6d4ad24494 (patch)
tree3350c859c198f956f66a48a2484c74f74d902f6b
parent7af0ef3ad923627495583e7a4ef60c9f1be01035 (diff)
downloadptxdist-fbdd1b19b83569cd13d3899391473a6d4ad24494.tar.gz
ptxdist-fbdd1b19b83569cd13d3899391473a6d4ad24494.tar.xz
image-root-cpio: Add custom compressor and compressor options.
* 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 <christian.melki@t2data.com> Message-Id: <20220313065837.2103087-1-christian.melki@t2data.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
-rw-r--r--platforms/image-root-cpio.in45
-rw-r--r--rules/image-root-cpio.make2
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/platforms/image-root-cpio.in b/platforms/image-root-cpio.in
index d3090dc29..0338175a0 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 fdb0ccfff..447a649c8 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):