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[PATCH] LZMA support in i386-pc kernel


From: Bean
Subject: [PATCH] LZMA support in i386-pc kernel
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:39:52 +0800

Hi,

This patch add support for lzma decompression. The assembly code
lzma_decode.S is manually optimized to reduce size. The result decoder
is tiny, only 416 bytes longer than the lzo version.

I also include lzma encode from the LZMA SDK. grub needs to use the
ANSI-C version of encoder, which is only present in the latest 4.58
beta. I can't find ready to use shared library in most distro.
Including the encoder/decoder has advantages as well. We don't need to
worry about the host os, and lzma encoder/decoder can be used in other
place, like font compression.

I use lzma as default, it's still possible to use the old lzo
compression, you just need to add --enable-lzo option when running
configure.

PS, here are some information about the lzma decoder:

properties: lc = 3 lp = 0 pb = 2
memory requirement for the decoder: 15980 bytes

Result of
./grub-mkimage -o core.img biosdisk pc ext2 lvm raid

lzma version: 27,776 bytes
lzo version: 32,768 bytes

-- 
Bean

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