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@gratian gratian commented Jan 22, 2026

Switch the kernel compression algorithm to xz from previous gzip default.

In testing, cRIO-903x and cRIO-904x show a 2.5MB (27.2%) kernel image size decrease.

This also improves the boot time by

  • 4.8 seconds (12.8%) on cRIO-903x
  • 2.9 seconds (10%) on cRIO-9043

Switch the kernel compression algorithm to xz from previous gzip
default.

In testing, cRIO-903x and cRIO-904x show a 2.5MB (27.2%) kernel image
size decrease.

This also improves the boot time by
   - 4.8 seconds (12.8%) on cRIO-903x
   - 2.9 seconds (10%) on cRIO-9043

Signed-off-by: Gratian Crisan <gratian.crisan@emerson.com>
@gratian gratian requested a review from a team January 22, 2026 00:22
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chaitu236 commented Jan 22, 2026

So does the kernel uncompress itself during boot? And we don't need any changes in bootloader?

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gratian commented Jan 22, 2026

Yes, the kernel uncompresses itself, no changes needed to the bootloader.

@gratian gratian merged commit 31bc38e into ni:nilrt/master/6.12 Jan 22, 2026
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