From 3a16c8ec95ab69828e7865c630d9b58d84388fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: felixphew Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:23:07 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Replace gzip/bzip2 with xz Kernel tarballs are only compressed with xz now, gzip and bzip2 are redundant. --- README | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index a24ec89ba4420a..052e7ffd9c938e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source: directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and unpack it: - gzip -cd linux-3.X.tar.gz | tar xvf - - - or - - bzip2 -dc linux-3.X.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - + xz -cd linux-3.X.tar.gz | tar xvf - Replace "X" with the version number of the latest kernel. @@ -80,11 +76,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source: install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the top level directory of the kernel source (linux-3.X) and execute: - gzip -cd ../patch-3.x.gz | patch -p1 - - or - - bzip2 -dc ../patch-3.x.bz2 | patch -p1 + xz -cd ../patch-3.x.gz | patch -p1 Replace "x" for all versions bigger than the version "X" of your current source tree, _in_order_, and you should be ok. You may want to remove