depends on HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
help
Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate.
- Decompression speed is slowest among the three. The kernel
+ Decompression speed is slowest among the choices. The kernel
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.
bool "LZMA"
depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
help
- The most recent compression algorithm.
- Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other
- two. Compression is slowest. The kernel size is about 33%
- smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
+ This compression algorithm's ratio is best. Decompression speed
+ is between gzip and bzip2. Compression is slowest.
+ The kernel size is about 33% smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
config KERNEL_XZ
bool "XZ"
bool "LZO"
depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
help
- Its compression ratio is the poorest among the 4. The kernel
+ Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel
size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
(both compression and decompression) is the fastest.
depends on RD_BZIP2
help
Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate.
- Decompression speed is slowest among the four. The initramfs
+ Decompression speed is slowest among the choices. 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.
bool "LZMA"
depends on RD_LZMA
help
- The most recent compression algorithm.
- Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other
- three. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33%
+ This algorithm's compression ratio is best.
+ Decompression speed is between the other choices.
+ Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33%
smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ
bool "LZO"
depends on RD_LZO
help
- Its compression ratio is the poorest among the four. The kernel
+ Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel
size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
(both compression and decompression) is the fastest.