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Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd
Date 2021-06-05 17:10 +0200
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On Sat, 2021-06-05 at 16:49 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> On Sat, 2021-06-05 at 16:23 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > You have intel-microcode installed, which prepends an uncompressed
> > initramfs.  Not a bug.
> 
> Couldn't it then just skip the compression altogether?

You mean, can the main initramfs be uncompressed?  I'm not sure whether
the kernel supports that.  It's certainly not an option in initramfs-
tools at the moment.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> - 2021-05-26 19:40 +0200
  Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu> - 2021-05-31 11:20 +0200
    Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> - 2021-05-31 16:40 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t  actually compress with zstd "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-05-31 11:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t  actually compress with zstd "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-05-31 16:40 +0200
  Bug#989143: marked as done (initramfs-tools: doesn’t  actually compress with zstd) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-06-05 16:30 +0200
  Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@gmail.com> - 2021-06-05 17:00 +0200
    Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2021-06-05 17:10 +0200
      Bug#989143: initramfs-tools: doesn’t actually compress with zstd Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> - 2021-06-05 19:10 +0200

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