[Dev] Fw: [arch-announce] Moving to Zstandard images by default on mkinitcpio

[bill-auger]

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:37:39 -0000
From: "Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Giancarlo Razzolini via
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updates: Giancarlo Razzolini" <arch-announce at archlinux.org>
Subject: [arch-announce] Moving to Zstandard images by default
on mkinitcpio


As linux-lts moved to the 5.10 version, all official kernels of
Arch Linux now support zstd compressed initramfs images, so
mkinitcpio is switching to zstd compressed images by default
with version 30, which is currently on [testing].

If, for any reason, you are using a kernel version prior to 5.9,
make sure to change mkinitcpio.conf COMPRESSION to use one of
the compressors supported, like gzip, otherwise you **will not**
be able to boot images generated by mkinitcpio.

URL:
https://www.archlinux.org/news/moving-to-zstandard-images-by-default-on-mkinitcpio/
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