From 64d1f0412bbbfafb0bef788ad6fe13b28329e65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Szymon Janc Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 22:42:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz decompression support. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ docs/grub.texi | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d1ddc8741..d65e97e09 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-01-07 Szymon Janc + + * docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz + decompression support. + 2011-01-07 Szymon Janc Improve loaders' kernel command line handling. diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi index 54a2d8791..daf48da13 100644 --- a/docs/grub.texi +++ b/docs/grub.texi @@ -346,9 +346,11 @@ ext2/ext3/ext4}, @dfn{DOS FAT12/FAT16/FAT32}, @dfn{HFS}, @dfn{HFS+}, @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