[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Add support for XZ decompression algorithm.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Luigi 'Comio' Mantellini,

In message <1291562184-27126-1-git-send-email-luigi.mantellini at idf-hit.com> you wrote:
> XZ (aka LZMA2) is the new version of lzma compression format.
> The following patch add a cut-down version of XZ Embedded library (v20100702)
> that supports only single-call API.
> 
> In order to enable XZ support, the CONFIG_XZ must be defined by board
> configuration file.
> 
> For any details, please refer to XZ Embedded homesite
> (http://tukaani.org/xz/embedded.html)
...
> @@ -1178,6 +1179,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
>  		then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
>  		the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
>  
> +		CONFIG_XZ
> +
> +		If this option is set, support for xz compresed
> +		images is included.
> +
> +		XZ format is the next version of LZMA format. See also
> +		the CONFIG_LZMA

s/compresed/compressed/

> +/*
> + * Use the internal CRC32 code instead of kernel's CRC32 module, which
> + * is not available in early phase of booting.
> + */
> +#define XZ_INTERNAL_CRC32 1

This has already caused confusion, but appears to be unused.

Please clean up the code not to contain such dead definitions.


I did not see a reply yet to the request to deprecate CONFIG_LZMA and
have the new CONFIG_XZ support handle both .xz and .lzma archives?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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