Re: [klibc 12/43] Enable CONFIG_KLIBC_ZLIB (now required to build kinit)

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > After removing the private copy of zlib in kinit, we need
> > CONFIG_KLIBC_ZLIB in order to build klibc.  zlib is required in order
> > to decompress classical ramdisks.
> >
> > In the future this should maybe be made conditional on 
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM.
>
> > +config KLIBC_ZLIB
> > +    bool
> > +    default y
>
>
> Dumb question, then:  why not make it conditional on rd now?

Mostly because I haven't yet broken down kinit in configurable chunks; 
it's somewhat messy to do as long as I'm maintaining a standalone 
distribution as well as the out-of-mainline kernel tree.  Not difficult 
by any means, but I've wanted to avoid combinatorics and code churn as 
long as I have a limited testing base (although -mm has vastly increased 
it.)

It's also unclear to me if it's the right thing to omit it from the 
library, ever; the only users that are affected are the ones that are 
using the shared klibc and don't have any use of zlib.

	-hpa


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