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* docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz 

decompression support.
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2011-01-07 Szymon Janc <szymon@janc.net.pl>
* docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz
decompression support.
2011-01-07 Szymon Janc <szymon@janc.net.pl>
Improve loaders' kernel command line handling.

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@dfn{BSD UFS/UFS2}, and @dfn{XFS}. @xref{Filesystem}, for more information.
@item Support automatic decompression
Can decompress files which were compressed by @command{gzip}. This
function is both automatic and transparent to the user (i.e. all
functions operate upon the uncompressed contents of the specified
Can decompress files which were compressed by @command{gzip} or
@command{xz}@footnote{Only CRC32 data integrity check is supported (xz default
is CRC64 so one should use --check=crc32 option). LZMA BCJ filters are
supported.}. This function is both automatic and transparent to the user
(i.e. all functions operate upon the uncompressed contents of the specified
files). This greatly reduces a file size and loading time, a
particularly great benefit for floppies.@footnote{There are a few
pathological cases where loading a very badly organized ELF kernel might