If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
config RD_GZIP
- bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using gzip" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using gzip" if EXPERT
default y
depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
select DECOMPRESS_GZIP
If unsure, say Y.
config RD_BZIP2
- bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using bzip2" if EMBEDDED
- default !EMBEDDED
+ bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using bzip2" if EXPERT
+ default !EXPERT
depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
help
If unsure, say N.
config RD_LZMA
- bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZMA" if EMBEDDED
- default !EMBEDDED
+ bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZMA" if EXPERT
+ default !EXPERT
depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
select DECOMPRESS_LZMA
help
If unsure, say N.
config RD_XZ
- bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using XZ" if EMBEDDED
- default !EMBEDDED
+ bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using XZ" if EXPERT
+ default !EXPERT
depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
select DECOMPRESS_XZ
help
If unsure, say N.
config RD_LZO
- bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZO" if EMBEDDED
- default !EMBEDDED
+ bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZO" if EXPERT
+ default !EXPERT
depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
select DECOMPRESS_LZO
help
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.