I have added some changes to the decompression options. All work on abuild, little or no testing has been possible. It's really just some renames.
Here goes:
CONFIG_PRECOMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM means that linuxbios need not run any programs in the makefiles to compress the rom stream. The rom stream is already compressed; linuxbios needs to include code to uncompress it properly. It is an error to set this variable, and not set one of the variables mentioned below; this error is only caught at compile time (Sorry! This is called "Why we need to change the Config system". )
CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM now means that the rom stream is nrv2b compressed. This name is deprecated, I have tried to remove every usage of it in the tree, and this name WILL GO AWAY soon.
CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM_NRV2B now means that the rom stream is nrv2b compressed. If CONFIG_PRECOMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM is not set, the makefile will try to run nrv2b on the file.
CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM_LZMA now means that the rom stream is lzma compressed. The lzma uncompresser is not tested.If CONFIG_PRECOMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM is not set, the makefile will try to run lzma on the file.
I have tested all combinations of these options in a build, and they all properly build a linuxbios rom image. I have not yet tested them on a board, but almost no targets use them; I hope not to cause trouble.
Also, due to other issues, I have moved the destination of all decompressers to the 16 MB boundary. This Is A Hack. But, the other way (at the end of linuxbios, usually 2M) ran into trouble on OLPC and would have run into trouble on other systems. We need streaming decompressers.
It is an error to: set CONFIG_PRECOMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM and not set one of the others, or to set more than one of CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM, CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM_NRV2B, or CONFIG_COMPRESSED_ROM_STREAM_LZMA. This error is only caught at compile time. Again, sorry.
All this builds. Few platforms save OLPC use it. I doubt this change will break much if anything.
thanks
ron