Customizable initramfs compression based on Pentoo genkernel fork

This implements customizable initramfs compression, based on the Pentoo
genkernel fork (SVN revs r2142, r2145, by Jens Pranaitis
<jens@chaox.net>).

New configuration option COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE to allow manual selection,
whereas the Pentoo fork provided auto-selection based on what was
available in the kernel configuration. Auto-selection is used by
default, and is available with the argument of 'best' to the new option.

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>

ChangeLog

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Id$
 
+  06 Feb 2012; Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> defaults/config.sh,
+  gen_cmdline.sh, gen_determineargs.sh, gen_initramfs.sh, genkernel.conf:
+  Import customizable compression for initramfs, based on Pentoo development.
+
   06 Feb 2012: Richard Yao <ryao@cs.stonybrook.edu> arch/alpha/modules_load,
   arch/arm/modules_load, arch/ia64/modules_load, arch/mips/modules_load,
   arch/parisc/modules_load, arch/parisc64/modules_load, arch/ppc/modules_load,

defaults/config.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ KERNEL_MAKE_DIRECTIVE_2=""
 KERNEL_BINARY="arch/i386/boot/bzImage"
 KERNEL_BINARY_OVERRIDE=""
 
-COMPRESS_INITRD=yes
+DEFAULT_COMPRESS_INITRD=yes
+DEFAULT_COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE=best
 
 #
 # Arch-specific defaults that can be overridden in the config file or on the

gen_cmdline.sh

@@ -537,10 +537,14 @@ parse_cmdline() {
 			CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS=`parse_optbool "$*"`
 			print_info 2 "CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS=${CMD_INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS}"
 			;;
-		--compress-initramfs|--no-compress-initramfs)
+		--compress-initramfs|--no-compress-initramfs|--compress-initrd|--no-compress-initrd)
 			CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD=`parse_optbool "$*"`
 			print_info 2 "CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD=${CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD}"
 			;;
+		--compress-initramfs-type=*|--compress-initrd-type=*)
+			COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE=`parse_opt "$*"`
+			print_info 2 "CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE: ${CMD_LINUXRC}"
+			;;
 		--config=*)
 			print_info 2 "CMD_GK_CONFIG: `parse_opt "$*"`"
 			;;

gen_determineargs.sh

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	set_config_with_override STRING KNAME                CMD_KERNNAME             "genkernel"
 
 	set_config_with_override STRING COMPRESS_INITRD      CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD      "$DEFAULT_COMPRESS_INITRD"
+	set_config_with_override STRING COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE CMD_COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE "$DEFAULT_COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE"
 	set_config_with_override STRING MAKEOPTS             CMD_MAKEOPTS             "$DEFAULT_MAKEOPTS"
 	set_config_with_override STRING KERNEL_MAKE          CMD_KERNEL_MAKE          "$DEFAULT_KERNEL_MAKE"
 	set_config_with_override STRING UTILS_MAKE           CMD_UTILS_MAKE           "$DEFAULT_UTILS_MAKE"

gen_initramfs.sh

@@ -686,23 +686,57 @@ create_initramfs() {
 		append_data 'overlay'
 	fi
 
-	# Implement support for disabling compression
-	if isTrue "${COMPRESS_INITRD}"
-	then
-		compress_ext=".gz"
-		print_info 1 "        >> Compressing cpio data..."
-		gzip -9 "${CPIO}" || gen_die "Compression failed"
-		mv -f "${CPIO}.gz" "${CPIO}" || gen_die "Rename failed"
-	fi
-
-
 	if isTrue "${INTEGRATED_INITRAMFS}"
 	then
-#		cp ${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV} ${KERNEL_DIR}/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+		# Explicitly do not compress if we are integrating into the kernel.
-		mv ${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV} ${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV}.cpio${compress_ext}
+		# The kernel will do a better job of it than us.
-#		sed -i "s|^.*CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV}.cpio.gz\"|" ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config
+		mv ${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV} ${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV}.cpio
 		sed -i '/^.*CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$/d' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config
-		echo -e "CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV}.cpio${compress_ext}\"\nCONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0\nCONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0" >> ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config
+		cat >>${KERNEL_DIR}/.config	<<-EOF
+		CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="${TMPDIR}/initramfs-${KV}.cpio${compress_ext}"
+		CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0
+		CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0
+		EOF
+	else
+		if isTrue "${COMPRESS_INITRD}"
+		then
+			cmd_xz=$(type -p xz)
+			cmd_lzma=$(type -p lzma)
+			cmd_bzip2=$(type -p bzip2)
+			cmd_gzip=$(type -p gzip)
+			cmd_lzop=$(type -p lzop)
+			local compression
+			case ${COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE} in
+				xz|lzma|bzip2|gzip2|lzo) compression=${COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE} ;;
+				best)
+					if grep -sq '^CONFIG_RD_XZ=y' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config && test -n "${cmd_xz}" ;
+						compression=xz
+					elif grep -sq '^CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config && test -n "${cmd_lzma}" ;
+						compression=lzma
+					elif grep -sq '^CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config  && test -n "${cmd_bzip2}" ;
+						compression=bzip2
+					elif grep -sq '^CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config && test -n "${cmd_gzip}" ;
+						compression=gzip
+					elif grep -sq '^CONFIG_RD_LZO=y' ${KERNEL_DIR}/.config && test -n "${cmd_lzop}" ;
+						compression=lzo
+					fi ;;
+			esac
+			case $compression in
+				xz) compress_ext='.xz' compress_cmd="${cmd_xz} -e --check=none -z -f -9" ;;
+				lzma) compress_ext='.lzma' compress_cmd="${cmd_lzma} -z -f -9" ;;
+				bzip2) compress_ext='.bz2' compress_cmd="${cmd_bzip2} -z -f -9"
+				gzip) compress_ext='.gz' compress_cmd="${cmd_gzip} -f -9" ;;
+				lzo) compress_ext='.lzo' compress_cmd="${cmd_lzop} -f -9" ;;
+			esac
+	
+			if [ -n "${compression}" ]; then
+				print_info 1 "        >> Compressing cpio data (${compress_ext})..."
+				${compress_cmd} "${CPIO}" || gen_die "Compression (${compress_cmd}) failed"
+				mv -f "${CPIO}${compress_ext}" "${CPIO}" || gen_die "Rename failed"
+			else
+				print_info 1 "        >> Not compressing cpio data ..."
+			fi
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if isTrue "${CMD_INSTALL}"

genkernel.conf

@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ GPG_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/gnupg-${GPG_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
 
 # Compress generated initramfs
 #COMPRESS_INITRD="yes"
+# Types of compression: best, xz, lzma, bzip2, gzip, lzop
+# "best" selects the best available compression method
+#COMPRESS_INITRD_TYPE="best"
 
 
 # Create a self-contained env in the initramfs