[coreboot-gerrit] Change in coreboot[master]: Kconfig: Allow x86 to compress pre-ram stages if not run XIP

[Julius Werner (Code Review)]

Julius Werner has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36613 )

Change subject: Kconfig: Allow x86 to compress pre-ram stages if not run XIP
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Patch Set 1: Code-Review+1

(1 comment)

https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36613/1/src/Kconfig 
File src/Kconfig:

https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36613/1/src/Kconfig@1220 
PS1, Line 1220: 	depends on NO_XIP_EARLY_STAGES
> I'm not sure it's worth the overhead in bootblock and all stages needing to carry compression code a […]

LZ4 is really tiny (on the order of a few hundred bytes). Even with a 20k romstage and an 80% compression ratio, you're coming out way ahead (and real numbers should be much better than that).