[Letux-kernel] LetuxOS: Kernel: m-stable 6.19 success [iMac.local]

H. Nikolaus Schaller hns at goldelico.com
Sat Feb 14 13:12:32 CET 2026



> Am 14.02.2026 um 11:28 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <andreas at kemnade.info>:
> 
> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:20:07 +0100
> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> 
>>>> CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA=y
>>>> 
>>>> can be set to reduce that at the cost of decompression time.  
>> 
>> Can we assume that U-Boot can decompress that?
> 
> it cannot. And will not. The kernel can decompress itself on arm32. It is
> different for Arm64.

Ah, ok. I remember some U-Boot variants which imposed a limit on
the decompressed size. But I may have mixed that up...

So I'll do some tests on the GTA04 to find out the limits. Likely they
still have some v4.x kernel installed in NAND which fits :)

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus


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