[RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for LZ4-compressed kernels

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/31/2013 06:28 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>>
>> Well, it is too nasty for public confession, but it's called
>> "paravirtualization".
> 
> The fact that you are aware of it means we're not going to break them.  
> 
> But my point is that we must not be held back just in case someone out 
> there might have painted himself in a corner without telling anyone.
> 

Yes.  However, it makes it more questionable to simply rip out
compression methods without warning.  Not that warnings help, as we have
learned.

	-hpa