diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 862adb9..7b66c34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 
 config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
 	string
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 1771c80..3ca4c19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux
 #
 
-targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o
+targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC
@@ -47,18 +47,35 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,lzma)
 else
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,lzma)
 endif
 LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -T
 
 else
+
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,lzma)
 
 LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf64-x86-64 -T
 endif
 
-$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/vmlinux.scr $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
+suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)  = gz
+suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) = bz2
+suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)  = lzma
+
+$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/vmlinux.scr $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.$(suffix_y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index da06221..e45be73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -116,71 +116,13 @@
 /*
  * gzip declarations
  */
-
-#define OF(args)	args
 #define STATIC		static
 
 #undef memset
 #undef memcpy
 #define memzero(s, n)	memset((s), 0, (n))
 
-typedef unsigned char	uch;
-typedef unsigned short	ush;
-typedef unsigned long	ulg;
 
-/*
- * Window size must be at least 32k, and a power of two.
- * We don't actually have a window just a huge output buffer,
- * so we report a 2G window size, as that should always be
- * larger than our output buffer:
- */
-#define WSIZE		0x80000000
-
-/* Input buffer: */
-static unsigned char	*inbuf;
-
-/* Sliding window buffer (and final output buffer): */
-static unsigned char	*window;
-
-/* Valid bytes in inbuf: */
-static unsigned		insize;
-
-/* Index of next byte to be processed in inbuf: */
-static unsigned		inptr;
-
-/* Bytes in output buffer: */
-static unsigned		outcnt;
-
-/* gzip flag byte */
-#define ASCII_FLAG	0x01 /* bit 0 set: file probably ASCII text */
-#define CONTINUATION	0x02 /* bit 1 set: continuation of multi-part gz file */
-#define EXTRA_FIELD	0x04 /* bit 2 set: extra field present */
-#define ORIG_NAM	0x08 /* bit 3 set: original file name present */
-#define COMMENT		0x10 /* bit 4 set: file comment present */
-#define ENCRYPTED	0x20 /* bit 5 set: file is encrypted */
-#define RESERVED	0xC0 /* bit 6, 7:  reserved */
-
-#define get_byte()	(inptr < insize ? inbuf[inptr++] : fill_inbuf())
-
-/* Diagnostic functions */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#  define Assert(cond, msg) do { if (!(cond)) error(msg); } while (0)
-#  define Trace(x)	do { fprintf x; } while (0)
-#  define Tracev(x)	do { if (verbose) fprintf x ; } while (0)
-#  define Tracevv(x)	do { if (verbose > 1) fprintf x ; } while (0)
-#  define Tracec(c, x)	do { if (verbose && (c)) fprintf x ; } while (0)
-#  define Tracecv(c, x)	do { if (verbose > 1 && (c)) fprintf x ; } while (0)
-#else
-#  define Assert(cond, msg)
-#  define Trace(x)
-#  define Tracev(x)
-#  define Tracevv(x)
-#  define Tracec(c, x)
-#  define Tracecv(c, x)
-#endif
-
-static int  fill_inbuf(void);
-static void flush_window(void);
 static void error(char *m);
 
 /*
@@ -189,13 +131,8 @@
 static struct boot_params *real_mode;		/* Pointer to real-mode data */
 static int quiet;
 
-extern unsigned char input_data[];
-extern int input_len;
-
-static long bytes_out;
-
 static void *memset(void *s, int c, unsigned n);
-static void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned n);
+void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned n);
 
 static void __putstr(int, const char *);
 #define putstr(__x)  __putstr(0, __x)
@@ -213,7 +150,17 @@
 static int vidport;
 static int lines, cols;
 
-#include "../../../../lib/inflate.c"
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_inflate.c"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_bunzip2.c"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzma.c"
+#endif
 
 static void scroll(void)
 {
@@ -282,7 +229,7 @@
 	return s;
 }
 
-static void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned n)
+void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned n)
 {
 	int i;
 	const char *s = src;
@@ -293,38 +240,6 @@
 	return dest;
 }
 
-/* ===========================================================================
- * Fill the input buffer. This is called only when the buffer is empty
- * and at least one byte is really needed.
- */
-static int fill_inbuf(void)
-{
-	error("ran out of input data");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* ===========================================================================
- * Write the output window window[0..outcnt-1] and update crc and bytes_out.
- * (Used for the decompressed data only.)
- */
-static void flush_window(void)
-{
-	/* With my window equal to my output buffer
-	 * I only need to compute the crc here.
-	 */
-	unsigned long c = crc;         /* temporary variable */
-	unsigned n;
-	unsigned char *in, ch;
-
-	in = window;
-	for (n = 0; n < outcnt; n++) {
-		ch = *in++;
-		c = crc_32_tab[((int)c ^ ch) & 0xff] ^ (c >> 8);
-	}
-	crc = c;
-	bytes_out += (unsigned long)outcnt;
-	outcnt = 0;
-}
 
 static void error(char *x)
 {
@@ -407,12 +322,8 @@
 	lines = real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_lines;
 	cols = real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_cols;
 
-	window = output;		/* Output buffer (Normally at 1M) */
 	free_mem_ptr     = heap;	/* Heap */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;
-	inbuf  = input_data;		/* Input buffer */
-	insize = input_len;
-	inptr  = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if ((unsigned long)output & (__KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
@@ -430,10 +341,9 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-	makecrc();
 	if (!quiet)
 		putstr("\nDecompressing Linux... ");
-	gunzip();
+	decompress(input_data, input_len, NULL, NULL, output, NULL, error);
 	parse_elf(output);
 	if (!quiet)
 		putstr("done.\nBooting the kernel.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
index dd61616..c0e8e68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
@@ -15,11 +15,21 @@
 				+ (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1)) \
 				& ~(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1))
 
+#if (defined CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2)
+#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE             0x400000
+#else
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE	0x7000
-#define BOOT_STACK_SIZE	0x4000
 #else
 #define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE	0x4000
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+#define BOOT_STACK_SIZE	0x4000
+#else
 #define BOOT_STACK_SIZE	0x1000
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/bunzip2.h b/include/linux/decompress/bunzip2.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1152721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/bunzip2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef DECOMPRESS_BUNZIP2_H
+#define DECOMPRESS_BUNZIP2_H
+
+int bunzip2(unsigned char *inbuf, int len,
+	    int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+	    int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+	    unsigned char *output,
+	    int *pos,
+	    void(*error)(char *x));
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/generic.h b/include/linux/decompress/generic.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dfb856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/generic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef DECOMPRESS_GENERIC_H
+#define DECOMPRESS_GENERIC_H
+
+/* Minimal chunksize to be read.
+ *Bzip2 prefers at least 4096
+ *Lzma prefers 0x10000 */
+#define COMPR_IOBUF_SIZE	4096
+
+typedef int (*decompress_fn) (unsigned char *inbuf, int len,
+			      int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+			      int(*writebb)(void*, unsigned int),
+			      unsigned char *output,
+			      int *posp,
+			      void(*error)(char *x));
+
+/* inbuf   - input buffer
+ *len     - len of pre-read data in inbuf
+ *fill    - function to fill inbuf if empty
+ *writebb - function to write out outbug
+ *posp    - if non-null, input position (number of bytes read) will be
+ *	  returned here
+ *
+ *If len != 0, the inbuf is initialized (with as much data), and fill
+ *should not be called
+ *If len = 0, the inbuf is allocated, but empty. Its size is IOBUF_SIZE
+ *fill should be called (repeatedly...) to read data, at most IOBUF_SIZE
+ */
+
+/* Utility routine to detect the decompression method */
+decompress_fn decompress_method(const unsigned char *inbuf, int len,
+				const char **name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/inflate.h b/include/linux/decompress/inflate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9b06cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/inflate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef INFLATE_H
+#define INFLATE_H
+
+/* Other housekeeping constants */
+#define INBUFSIZ 4096
+
+int gunzip(unsigned char *inbuf, int len,
+	   int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+	   int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+	   unsigned char *output,
+	   int *pos,
+	   void(*error_fn)(char *x));
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/mm.h b/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ff8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * linux/compr_mm.h
+ *
+ * Memory management for pre-boot and ramdisk uncompressors
+ *
+ * Authors: Alain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef DECOMPR_MM_H
+#define DECOMPR_MM_H
+
+#ifdef STATIC
+
+/* Code active when included from pre-boot environment: */
+
+/* A trivial malloc implementation, adapted from
+ *  malloc by Hannu Savolainen 1993 and Matthias Urlichs 1994
+ */
+static unsigned long malloc_ptr;
+static int malloc_count;
+
+static void *malloc(int size)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	if (size < 0)
+		error("Malloc error");
+	if (!malloc_ptr)
+		malloc_ptr = free_mem_ptr;
+
+	malloc_ptr = (malloc_ptr + 3) & ~3;     /* Align */
+
+	p = (void *)malloc_ptr;
+	malloc_ptr += size;
+
+	if (free_mem_end_ptr && malloc_ptr >= free_mem_end_ptr)
+		error("Out of memory");
+
+	malloc_count++;
+	return p;
+}
+
+static void free(void *where)
+{
+	malloc_count--;
+	if (!malloc_count)
+		malloc_ptr = free_mem_ptr;
+}
+
+#define large_malloc(a) malloc(a)
+#define large_free(a) free(a)
+
+#define set_error_fn(x)
+
+#define INIT
+
+#else /* STATIC */
+
+/* Code active when compiled standalone for use when loading ramdisk: */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+/* Use defines rather than static inline in order to avoid spurious
+ * warnings when not needed (indeed large_malloc / large_free are not
+ * needed by inflate */
+
+#define malloc(a) kmalloc(a, GFP_KERNEL)
+#define free(a) kfree(a)
+
+#define large_malloc(a) vmalloc(a)
+#define large_free(a) vfree(a)
+
+static void(*error)(char *m);
+#define set_error_fn(x) error = x;
+
+#define INIT __init
+#define STATIC
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#endif /* STATIC */
+
+#endif /* DECOMPR_MM_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/unlzma.h b/include/linux/decompress/unlzma.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7796538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/unlzma.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef DECOMPRESS_UNLZMA_H
+#define DECOMPRESS_UNLZMA_H
+
+int unlzma(unsigned char *, int,
+	   int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+	   int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+	   unsigned char *output,
+	   int *posp,
+	   void(*error)(char *x)
+	);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a724a14..a3e3bf5 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -101,6 +101,66 @@
 
 	  which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".)
 
+config HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
+	bool
+
+config HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
+	bool
+
+config HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+	bool
+
+choice
+	prompt "Kernel compression mode"
+	default KERNEL_GZIP
+	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+	help
+	  The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable.
+	  Several compression algorithms are available, which differ
+	  in efficiency, compression and decompression speed.
+	  Compression speed is only relevant when building a kernel.
+	  Decompression speed is relevant at each boot.
+
+	  If you have any problems with bzip2 or lzma compressed
+	  kernels, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. (An older
+	  version of this functionality (bzip2 only), for 2.4, was
+	  supplied by Christian Ludwig)
+
+	  High compression options are mostly useful for users, who
+	  are low on disk space (embedded systems), but for whom ram
+	  size matters less.
+
+	  If in doubt, select 'gzip'
+
+config KERNEL_GZIP
+	bool "Gzip"
+	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
+	help
+	  The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is
+	  the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both
+	  compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+
+config KERNEL_BZIP2
+	bool "Bzip2"
+	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
+	help
+	  Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate.
+	  Decompression speed is slowest among the three.  The kernel
+	  size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip.
+	  Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you
+	  will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting.
+
+config KERNEL_LZMA
+	bool "LZMA"
+	depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+	help
+	  The most recent compression algorithm.
+	  Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other
+	  two. Compression is slowest.	The kernel size is about 33%
+	  smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
+
+endchoice
+
 config SWAP
 	bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
 	depends on MMU && BLOCK
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 0f0f0cf..a015e26 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include "do_mounts.h"
 #include "../fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h"
 
+#include <linux/decompress/generic.h>
+
+
 int __initdata rd_prompt = 1;/* 1 = prompt for RAM disk, 0 = don't prompt */
 
 static int __init prompt_ramdisk(char *str)
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@
 }
 __setup("ramdisk_start=", ramdisk_start_setup);
 
-static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, int out_fd);
+static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, int out_fd, decompress_fn deco);
 
 /*
  * This routine tries to find a RAM disk image to load, and returns the
@@ -38,15 +41,15 @@
  * numbers could not be found.
  *
  * We currently check for the following magic numbers:
- * 	minix
- * 	ext2
+ *	minix
+ *	ext2
  *	romfs
  *	cramfs
  *	squashfs
- * 	gzip
+ *	gzip
  */
-static int __init 
-identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start_block)
+static int __init
+identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start_block, decompress_fn *decompressor)
 {
 	const int size = 512;
 	struct minix_super_block *minixsb;
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@
 	struct squashfs_super_block *squashfsb;
 	int nblocks = -1;
 	unsigned char *buf;
+	const char *compress_name;
 
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
@@ -69,18 +73,15 @@
 	memset(buf, 0xe5, size);
 
 	/*
-	 * Read block 0 to test for gzipped kernel
+	 * Read block 0 to test for compressed kernel
 	 */
 	sys_lseek(fd, start_block * BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
 	sys_read(fd, buf, size);
 
-	/*
-	 * If it matches the gzip magic numbers, return 0
-	 */
-	if (buf[0] == 037 && ((buf[1] == 0213) || (buf[1] == 0236))) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-		       "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block %d\n",
-		       start_block);
+	*decompressor = decompress_method(buf, size, &compress_name);
+	if (*decompressor) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "RAMDISK: %s image found at block %d\n",
+		       compress_name, start_block);
 		nblocks = 0;
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE
 	       "RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at %d.\n",
 	       start_block);
-	
+
 done:
 	sys_lseek(fd, start_block * BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
 	kfree(buf);
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
 	int nblocks, i, disk;
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	unsigned short rotate = 0;
+	decompress_fn decompressor = NULL;
 #if !defined(CONFIG_S390) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES)
 	char rotator[4] = { '|' , '/' , '-' , '\\' };
 #endif
@@ -169,12 +171,12 @@
 	if (in_fd < 0)
 		goto noclose_input;
 
-	nblocks = identify_ramdisk_image(in_fd, rd_image_start);
+	nblocks = identify_ramdisk_image(in_fd, rd_image_start, &decompressor);
 	if (nblocks < 0)
 		goto done;
 
 	if (nblocks == 0) {
-		if (crd_load(in_fd, out_fd) == 0)
+		if (crd_load(in_fd, out_fd, decompressor) == 0)
 			goto successful_load;
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@
 		       nblocks, rd_blocks);
 		goto done;
 	}
-		
+
 	/*
 	 * OK, time to copy in the data
 	 */
@@ -273,138 +275,48 @@
 	return rd_load_image("/dev/root");
 }
 
-/*
- * gzip declarations
- */
-
-#define OF(args)  args
-
-#ifndef memzero
-#define memzero(s, n)     memset ((s), 0, (n))
-#endif
-
-typedef unsigned char  uch;
-typedef unsigned short ush;
-typedef unsigned long  ulg;
-
-#define INBUFSIZ 4096
-#define WSIZE 0x8000    /* window size--must be a power of two, and */
-			/*  at least 32K for zip's deflate method */
-
-static uch *inbuf;
-static uch *window;
-
-static unsigned insize;  /* valid bytes in inbuf */
-static unsigned inptr;   /* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
-static unsigned outcnt;  /* bytes in output buffer */
 static int exit_code;
-static int unzip_error;
-static long bytes_out;
+static int decompress_error;
 static int crd_infd, crd_outfd;
 
-#define get_byte()  (inptr < insize ? inbuf[inptr++] : fill_inbuf())
-		
-/* Diagnostic functions (stubbed out) */
-#define Assert(cond,msg)
-#define Trace(x)
-#define Tracev(x)
-#define Tracevv(x)
-#define Tracec(c,x)
-#define Tracecv(c,x)
-
-#define STATIC static
-#define INIT __init
-
-static int  __init fill_inbuf(void);
-static void __init flush_window(void);
-static void __init error(char *m);
-
-#define NO_INFLATE_MALLOC
-
-#include "../lib/inflate.c"
-
-/* ===========================================================================
- * Fill the input buffer. This is called only when the buffer is empty
- * and at least one byte is really needed.
- * Returning -1 does not guarantee that gunzip() will ever return.
- */
-static int __init fill_inbuf(void)
+static int __init compr_fill(void *buf, unsigned int len)
 {
-	if (exit_code) return -1;
-	
-	insize = sys_read(crd_infd, inbuf, INBUFSIZ);
-	if (insize == 0) {
-		error("RAMDISK: ran out of compressed data");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	inptr = 1;
-
-	return inbuf[0];
+	int r = sys_read(crd_infd, buf, len);
+	if (r < 0)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: error while reading compressed data");
+	else if (r == 0)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: EOF while reading compressed data");
+	return r;
 }
 
-/* ===========================================================================
- * Write the output window window[0..outcnt-1] and update crc and bytes_out.
- * (Used for the decompressed data only.)
- */
-static void __init flush_window(void)
+static int __init compr_flush(void *window, unsigned int outcnt)
 {
-    ulg c = crc;         /* temporary variable */
-    unsigned n, written;
-    uch *in, ch;
-    
-    written = sys_write(crd_outfd, window, outcnt);
-    if (written != outcnt && unzip_error == 0) {
-	printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: incomplete write (%d != %d) %ld\n",
-	       written, outcnt, bytes_out);
-	unzip_error = 1;
-    }
-    in = window;
-    for (n = 0; n < outcnt; n++) {
-	    ch = *in++;
-	    c = crc_32_tab[((int)c ^ ch) & 0xff] ^ (c >> 8);
-    }
-    crc = c;
-    bytes_out += (ulg)outcnt;
-    outcnt = 0;
+	int written = sys_write(crd_outfd, window, outcnt);
+	if (written != outcnt) {
+		if (decompress_error == 0)
+			printk(KERN_ERR
+			       "RAMDISK: incomplete write (%d != %d)\n",
+			       written, outcnt);
+		decompress_error = 1;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return outcnt;
 }
 
 static void __init error(char *x)
 {
 	printk(KERN_ERR "%s\n", x);
 	exit_code = 1;
-	unzip_error = 1;
+	decompress_error = 1;
 }
 
-static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, int out_fd)
+static int __init crd_load(int in_fd, int out_fd, decompress_fn deco)
 {
 	int result;
-
-	insize = 0;		/* valid bytes in inbuf */
-	inptr = 0;		/* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
-	outcnt = 0;		/* bytes in output buffer */
-	exit_code = 0;
-	bytes_out = 0;
-	crc = (ulg)0xffffffffL; /* shift register contents */
-
 	crd_infd = in_fd;
 	crd_outfd = out_fd;
-	inbuf = kmalloc(INBUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!inbuf) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: Couldn't allocate gzip buffer\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	window = kmalloc(WSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!window) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "RAMDISK: Couldn't allocate gzip window\n");
-		kfree(inbuf);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	makecrc();
-	result = gunzip();
-	if (unzip_error)
+	result = deco(NULL, 0, compr_fill, compr_flush, NULL, NULL, error);
+	if (decompress_error)
 		result = 1;
-	kfree(inbuf);
-	kfree(window);
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index d9c941c..f8241e8 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -390,11 +390,14 @@
 	return len - count;
 }
 
-static void __init flush_buffer(char *buf, unsigned len)
+#if defined CONFIG_RD_GZIP || defined CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 || defined CONFIG_RD_LZMA
+static int __init flush_buffer(void *bufv, unsigned len)
 {
+	char *buf = (char *) bufv;
 	int written;
+	int origLen = len;
 	if (message)
-		return;
+		return -1;
 	while ((written = write_buffer(buf, len)) < len && !message) {
 		char c = buf[written];
 		if (c == '0') {
@@ -408,84 +411,27 @@
 		} else
 			error("junk in compressed archive");
 	}
+	return origLen;
 }
-
-/*
- * gzip declarations
- */
-
-#define OF(args)  args
-
-#ifndef memzero
-#define memzero(s, n)     memset ((s), 0, (n))
 #endif
 
-typedef unsigned char  uch;
-typedef unsigned short ush;
-typedef unsigned long  ulg;
+static unsigned my_inptr;   /* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
 
-#define WSIZE 0x8000    /* window size--must be a power of two, and */
-			/*  at least 32K for zip's deflate method */
-
-static uch *inbuf;
-static uch *window;
-
-static unsigned insize;  /* valid bytes in inbuf */
-static unsigned inptr;   /* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
-static unsigned outcnt;  /* bytes in output buffer */
-static long bytes_out;
-
-#define get_byte()  (inptr < insize ? inbuf[inptr++] : -1)
-		
-/* Diagnostic functions (stubbed out) */
-#define Assert(cond,msg)
-#define Trace(x)
-#define Tracev(x)
-#define Tracevv(x)
-#define Tracec(c,x)
-#define Tracecv(c,x)
-
-#define STATIC static
-#define INIT __init
-
-static void __init flush_window(void);
-static void __init error(char *m);
-
-#define NO_INFLATE_MALLOC
-
-#include "../lib/inflate.c"
-
-/* ===========================================================================
- * Write the output window window[0..outcnt-1] and update crc and bytes_out.
- * (Used for the decompressed data only.)
- */
-static void __init flush_window(void)
-{
-	ulg c = crc;         /* temporary variable */
-	unsigned n;
-	uch *in, ch;
-
-	flush_buffer(window, outcnt);
-	in = window;
-	for (n = 0; n < outcnt; n++) {
-		ch = *in++;
-		c = crc_32_tab[((int)c ^ ch) & 0xff] ^ (c >> 8);
-	}
-	crc = c;
-	bytes_out += (ulg)outcnt;
-	outcnt = 0;
-}
+#include <linux/decompress/generic.h>
 
 static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len, int check_only)
 {
 	int written;
+	decompress_fn decompress;
+
 	dry_run = check_only;
 	header_buf = kmalloc(110, GFP_KERNEL);
 	symlink_buf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX + N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	name_buf = kmalloc(N_ALIGN(PATH_MAX), GFP_KERNEL);
-	window = kmalloc(WSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!window || !header_buf || !symlink_buf || !name_buf)
+
+	if (!header_buf || !symlink_buf || !name_buf)
 		panic("can't allocate buffers");
+
 	state = Start;
 	this_header = 0;
 	message = NULL;
@@ -505,22 +451,17 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		this_header = 0;
-		insize = len;
-		inbuf = buf;
-		inptr = 0;
-		outcnt = 0;		/* bytes in output buffer */
-		bytes_out = 0;
-		crc = (ulg)0xffffffffL; /* shift register contents */
-		makecrc();
-		gunzip();
+		decompress = decompress_method(buf, len, NULL);
+		if (decompress)
+			decompress(buf, len, NULL, flush_buffer, NULL,
+				   &my_inptr, error);
 		if (state != Reset)
-			error("junk in gzipped archive");
-		this_header = saved_offset + inptr;
-		buf += inptr;
-		len -= inptr;
+			error("junk in compressed archive");
+		this_header = saved_offset + my_inptr;
+		buf += my_inptr;
+		len -= my_inptr;
 	}
 	dir_utime();
-	kfree(window);
 	kfree(name_buf);
 	kfree(symlink_buf);
 	kfree(header_buf);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 03c2c24..daa4818 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@
 	tristate
 
 #
+# These all provide a common interface (hence the apparent duplication with
+# ZLIB_INFLATE; DECOMPRESS_GZIP is just a wrapper.)
+#
+config DECOMPRESS_GZIP
+	select ZLIB_INFLATE
+	tristate
+
+config DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
+	tristate
+
+config DECOMPRESS_LZMA
+	tristate
+
+#
 # Generic allocator support is selected if needed
 #
 config GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 32b0e64..790de7c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 	 rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \
 	 idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o prio_tree.o \
 	 sha1.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o \
-	 proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o is_single_threaded.o
+	 proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o \
+	 is_single_threaded.o decompress.o
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_LZO_COMPRESS) += lzo/
 obj-$(CONFIG_LZO_DECOMPRESS) += lzo/
 
+lib-$(CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_GZIP) += decompress_inflate.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_BZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZMA) += decompress_unlzma.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH) += textsearch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH_KMP) += ts_kmp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH_BM) += ts_bm.o
diff --git a/lib/decompress.c b/lib/decompress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edac55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/decompress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * decompress.c
+ *
+ * Detect the decompression method based on magic number
+ */
+
+#include <linux/decompress/generic.h>
+
+#include <linux/decompress/bunzip2.h>
+#include <linux/decompress/unlzma.h>
+#include <linux/decompress/inflate.h>
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+static const struct compress_format {
+	unsigned char magic[2];
+	const char *name;
+	decompress_fn decompressor;
+} compressed_formats[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_GZIP
+	{ {037, 0213}, "gzip", gunzip },
+	{ {037, 0236}, "gzip", gunzip },
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
+	{ {0x42, 0x5a}, "bzip2", bunzip2 },
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_LZMA
+	{ {0x5d, 0x00}, "lzma", unlzma },
+#endif
+	{ {0, 0}, NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+decompress_fn decompress_method(const unsigned char *inbuf, int len,
+				const char **name)
+{
+	const struct compress_format *cf;
+
+	if (len < 2)
+		return NULL;	/* Need at least this much... */
+
+	for (cf = compressed_formats; cf->decompressor; cf++) {
+		if (!memcmp(inbuf, cf->magic, 2))
+			break;
+
+	}
+	if (name)
+		*name = cf->name;
+	return cf->decompressor;
+}
diff --git a/lib/decompress_bunzip2.c b/lib/decompress_bunzip2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d3ddb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/decompress_bunzip2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,735 @@
+/* vi: set sw = 4 ts = 4: */
+/*	Small bzip2 deflate implementation, by Rob Landley (rob@landley.net).
+
+	Based on bzip2 decompression code by Julian R Seward (jseward@acm.org),
+	which also acknowledges contributions by Mike Burrows, David Wheeler,
+	Peter Fenwick, Alistair Moffat, Radford Neal, Ian H. Witten,
+	Robert Sedgewick, and Jon L. Bentley.
+
+	This code is licensed under the LGPLv2:
+		LGPL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html
+*/
+
+/*
+	Size and speed optimizations by Manuel Novoa III  (mjn3@codepoet.org).
+
+	More efficient reading of Huffman codes, a streamlined read_bunzip()
+	function, and various other tweaks.  In (limited) tests, approximately
+	20% faster than bzcat on x86 and about 10% faster on arm.
+
+	Note that about 2/3 of the time is spent in read_unzip() reversing
+	the Burrows-Wheeler transformation.  Much of that time is delay
+	resulting from cache misses.
+
+	I would ask that anyone benefiting from this work, especially those
+	using it in commercial products, consider making a donation to my local
+	non-profit hospice organization in the name of the woman I loved, who
+	passed away Feb. 12, 2003.
+
+		In memory of Toni W. Hagan
+
+		Hospice of Acadiana, Inc.
+		2600 Johnston St., Suite 200
+		Lafayette, LA 70503-3240
+
+		Phone (337) 232-1234 or 1-800-738-2226
+		Fax   (337) 232-1297
+
+		http://www.hospiceacadiana.com/
+
+	Manuel
+ */
+
+/*
+	Made it fit for running in Linux Kernel by Alain Knaff (alain@knaff.lu)
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef STATIC
+#include <linux/decompress/bunzip2.h>
+#endif /* !STATIC */
+
+#include <linux/decompress/mm.h>
+
+#ifndef INT_MAX
+#define INT_MAX 0x7fffffff
+#endif
+
+/* Constants for Huffman coding */
+#define MAX_GROUPS		6
+#define GROUP_SIZE   		50	/* 64 would have been more efficient */
+#define MAX_HUFCODE_BITS 	20	/* Longest Huffman code allowed */
+#define MAX_SYMBOLS 		258	/* 256 literals + RUNA + RUNB */
+#define SYMBOL_RUNA		0
+#define SYMBOL_RUNB		1
+
+/* Status return values */
+#define RETVAL_OK			0
+#define RETVAL_LAST_BLOCK		(-1)
+#define RETVAL_NOT_BZIP_DATA		(-2)
+#define RETVAL_UNEXPECTED_INPUT_EOF	(-3)
+#define RETVAL_UNEXPECTED_OUTPUT_EOF	(-4)
+#define RETVAL_DATA_ERROR		(-5)
+#define RETVAL_OUT_OF_MEMORY		(-6)
+#define RETVAL_OBSOLETE_INPUT		(-7)
+
+/* Other housekeeping constants */
+#define BZIP2_IOBUF_SIZE		4096
+
+/* This is what we know about each Huffman coding group */
+struct group_data {
+	/* We have an extra slot at the end of limit[] for a sentinal value. */
+	int limit[MAX_HUFCODE_BITS+1];
+	int base[MAX_HUFCODE_BITS];
+	int permute[MAX_SYMBOLS];
+	int minLen, maxLen;
+};
+
+/* Structure holding all the housekeeping data, including IO buffers and
+   memory that persists between calls to bunzip */
+struct bunzip_data {
+	/* State for interrupting output loop */
+	int writeCopies, writePos, writeRunCountdown, writeCount, writeCurrent;
+	/* I/O tracking data (file handles, buffers, positions, etc.) */
+	int (*fill)(void*, unsigned int);
+	int inbufCount, inbufPos /*, outbufPos*/;
+	unsigned char *inbuf /*,*outbuf*/;
+	unsigned int inbufBitCount, inbufBits;
+	/* The CRC values stored in the block header and calculated from the
+	data */
+	unsigned int crc32Table[256], headerCRC, totalCRC, writeCRC;
+	/* Intermediate buffer and its size (in bytes) */
+	unsigned int *dbuf, dbufSize;
+	/* These things are a bit too big to go on the stack */
+	unsigned char selectors[32768];		/* nSelectors = 15 bits */
+	struct group_data groups[MAX_GROUPS];	/* Huffman coding tables */
+	int io_error;			/* non-zero if we have IO error */
+};
+
+
+/* Return the next nnn bits of input.  All reads from the compressed input
+   are done through this function.  All reads are big endian */
+static unsigned int INIT get_bits(struct bunzip_data *bd, char bits_wanted)
+{
+	unsigned int bits = 0;
+
+	/* If we need to get more data from the byte buffer, do so.
+	   (Loop getting one byte at a time to enforce endianness and avoid
+	   unaligned access.) */
+	while (bd->inbufBitCount < bits_wanted) {
+		/* If we need to read more data from file into byte buffer, do
+		   so */
+		if (bd->inbufPos == bd->inbufCount) {
+			if (bd->io_error)
+				return 0;
+			bd->inbufCount = bd->fill(bd->inbuf, BZIP2_IOBUF_SIZE);
+			if (bd->inbufCount <= 0) {
+				bd->io_error = RETVAL_UNEXPECTED_INPUT_EOF;
+				return 0;
+			}
+			bd->inbufPos = 0;
+		}
+		/* Avoid 32-bit overflow (dump bit buffer to top of output) */
+		if (bd->inbufBitCount >= 24) {
+			bits = bd->inbufBits&((1 << bd->inbufBitCount)-1);
+			bits_wanted -= bd->inbufBitCount;
+			bits <<= bits_wanted;
+			bd->inbufBitCount = 0;
+		}
+		/* Grab next 8 bits of input from buffer. */
+		bd->inbufBits = (bd->inbufBits << 8)|bd->inbuf[bd->inbufPos++];
+		bd->inbufBitCount += 8;
+	}
+	/* Calculate result */
+	bd->inbufBitCount -= bits_wanted;
+	bits |= (bd->inbufBits >> bd->inbufBitCount)&((1 << bits_wanted)-1);
+
+	return bits;
+}
+
+/* Unpacks the next block and sets up for the inverse burrows-wheeler step. */
+
+static int INIT get_next_block(struct bunzip_data *bd)
+{
+	struct group_data *hufGroup = NULL;
+	int *base = NULL;
+	int *limit = NULL;
+	int dbufCount, nextSym, dbufSize, groupCount, selector,
+		i, j, k, t, runPos, symCount, symTotal, nSelectors,
+		byteCount[256];
+	unsigned char uc, symToByte[256], mtfSymbol[256], *selectors;
+	unsigned int *dbuf, origPtr;
+
+	dbuf = bd->dbuf;
+	dbufSize = bd->dbufSize;
+	selectors = bd->selectors;
+
+	/* Read in header signature and CRC, then validate signature.
+	   (last block signature means CRC is for whole file, return now) */
+	i = get_bits(bd, 24);
+	j = get_bits(bd, 24);
+	bd->headerCRC = get_bits(bd, 32);
+	if ((i == 0x177245) && (j == 0x385090))
+		return RETVAL_LAST_BLOCK;
+	if ((i != 0x314159) || (j != 0x265359))
+		return RETVAL_NOT_BZIP_DATA;
+	/* We can add support for blockRandomised if anybody complains.
+	   There was some code for this in busybox 1.0.0-pre3, but nobody ever
+	   noticed that it didn't actually work. */
+	if (get_bits(bd, 1))
+		return RETVAL_OBSOLETE_INPUT;
+	origPtr = get_bits(bd, 24);
+	if (origPtr > dbufSize)
+		return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+	/* mapping table: if some byte values are never used (encoding things
+	   like ascii text), the compression code removes the gaps to have fewer
+	   symbols to deal with, and writes a sparse bitfield indicating which
+	   values were present.  We make a translation table to convert the
+	   symbols back to the corresponding bytes. */
+	t = get_bits(bd, 16);
+	symTotal = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+		if (t&(1 << (15-i))) {
+			k = get_bits(bd, 16);
+			for (j = 0; j < 16; j++)
+				if (k&(1 << (15-j)))
+					symToByte[symTotal++] = (16*i)+j;
+		}
+	}
+	/* How many different Huffman coding groups does this block use? */
+	groupCount = get_bits(bd, 3);
+	if (groupCount < 2 || groupCount > MAX_GROUPS)
+		return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+	/* nSelectors: Every GROUP_SIZE many symbols we select a new
+	   Huffman coding group.  Read in the group selector list,
+	   which is stored as MTF encoded bit runs.  (MTF = Move To
+	   Front, as each value is used it's moved to the start of the
+	   list.) */
+	nSelectors = get_bits(bd, 15);
+	if (!nSelectors)
+		return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+	for (i = 0; i < groupCount; i++)
+		mtfSymbol[i] = i;
+	for (i = 0; i < nSelectors; i++) {
+		/* Get next value */
+		for (j = 0; get_bits(bd, 1); j++)
+			if (j >= groupCount)
+				return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+		/* Decode MTF to get the next selector */
+		uc = mtfSymbol[j];
+		for (; j; j--)
+			mtfSymbol[j] = mtfSymbol[j-1];
+		mtfSymbol[0] = selectors[i] = uc;
+	}
+	/* Read the Huffman coding tables for each group, which code
+	   for symTotal literal symbols, plus two run symbols (RUNA,
+	   RUNB) */
+	symCount = symTotal+2;
+	for (j = 0; j < groupCount; j++) {
+		unsigned char length[MAX_SYMBOLS], temp[MAX_HUFCODE_BITS+1];
+		int	minLen,	maxLen, pp;
+		/* Read Huffman code lengths for each symbol.  They're
+		   stored in a way similar to mtf; record a starting
+		   value for the first symbol, and an offset from the
+		   previous value for everys symbol after that.
+		   (Subtracting 1 before the loop and then adding it
+		   back at the end is an optimization that makes the
+		   test inside the loop simpler: symbol length 0
+		   becomes negative, so an unsigned inequality catches
+		   it.) */
+		t = get_bits(bd, 5)-1;
+		for (i = 0; i < symCount; i++) {
+			for (;;) {
+				if (((unsigned)t) > (MAX_HUFCODE_BITS-1))
+					return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+
+				/* If first bit is 0, stop.  Else
+				   second bit indicates whether to
+				   increment or decrement the value.
+				   Optimization: grab 2 bits and unget
+				   the second if the first was 0. */
+
+				k = get_bits(bd, 2);
+				if (k < 2) {
+					bd->inbufBitCount++;
+					break;
+				}
+				/* Add one if second bit 1, else
+				 * subtract 1.  Avoids if/else */
+				t += (((k+1)&2)-1);
+			}
+			/* Correct for the initial -1, to get the
+			 * final symbol length */
+			length[i] = t+1;
+		}
+		/* Find largest and smallest lengths in this group */
+		minLen = maxLen = length[0];
+
+		for (i = 1; i < symCount; i++) {
+			if (length[i] > maxLen)
+				maxLen = length[i];
+			else if (length[i] < minLen)
+				minLen = length[i];
+		}
+
+		/* Calculate permute[], base[], and limit[] tables from
+		 * length[].
+		 *
+		 * permute[] is the lookup table for converting
+		 * Huffman coded symbols into decoded symbols.  base[]
+		 * is the amount to subtract from the value of a
+		 * Huffman symbol of a given length when using
+		 * permute[].
+		 *
+		 * limit[] indicates the largest numerical value a
+		 * symbol with a given number of bits can have.  This
+		 * is how the Huffman codes can vary in length: each
+		 * code with a value > limit[length] needs another
+		 * bit.
+		 */
+		hufGroup = bd->groups+j;
+		hufGroup->minLen = minLen;
+		hufGroup->maxLen = maxLen;
+		/* Note that minLen can't be smaller than 1, so we
+		   adjust the base and limit array pointers so we're
+		   not always wasting the first entry.  We do this
+		   again when using them (during symbol decoding).*/
+		base = hufGroup->base-1;
+		limit = hufGroup->limit-1;
+		/* Calculate permute[].  Concurently, initialize
+		 * temp[] and limit[]. */
+		pp = 0;
+		for (i = minLen; i <= maxLen; i++) {
+			temp[i] = limit[i] = 0;
+			for (t = 0; t < symCount; t++)
+				if (length[t] == i)
+					hufGroup->permute[pp++] = t;
+		}
+		/* Count symbols coded for at each bit length */
+		for (i = 0; i < symCount; i++)
+			temp[length[i]]++;
+		/* Calculate limit[] (the largest symbol-coding value
+		 *at each bit length, which is (previous limit <<
+		 *1)+symbols at this level), and base[] (number of
+		 *symbols to ignore at each bit length, which is limit
+		 *minus the cumulative count of symbols coded for
+		 *already). */
+		pp = t = 0;
+		for (i = minLen; i < maxLen; i++) {
+			pp += temp[i];
+			/* We read the largest possible symbol size
+			   and then unget bits after determining how
+			   many we need, and those extra bits could be
+			   set to anything.  (They're noise from
+			   future symbols.)  At each level we're
+			   really only interested in the first few
+			   bits, so here we set all the trailing
+			   to-be-ignored bits to 1 so they don't
+			   affect the value > limit[length]
+			   comparison. */
+			limit[i] = (pp << (maxLen - i)) - 1;
+			pp <<= 1;
+			base[i+1] = pp-(t += temp[i]);
+		}
+		limit[maxLen+1] = INT_MAX; /* Sentinal value for
+					    * reading next sym. */
+		limit[maxLen] = pp+temp[maxLen]-1;
+		base[minLen] = 0;
+	}
+	/* We've finished reading and digesting the block header.  Now
+	   read this block's Huffman coded symbols from the file and
+	   undo the Huffman coding and run length encoding, saving the
+	   result into dbuf[dbufCount++] = uc */
+
+	/* Initialize symbol occurrence counters and symbol Move To
+	 * Front table */
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		byteCount[i] = 0;
+		mtfSymbol[i] = (unsigned char)i;
+	}
+	/* Loop through compressed symbols. */
+	runPos = dbufCount = symCount = selector = 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		/* Determine which Huffman coding group to use. */
+		if (!(symCount--)) {
+			symCount = GROUP_SIZE-1;
+			if (selector >= nSelectors)
+				return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+			hufGroup = bd->groups+selectors[selector++];
+			base = hufGroup->base-1;
+			limit = hufGroup->limit-1;
+		}
+		/* Read next Huffman-coded symbol. */
+		/* Note: It is far cheaper to read maxLen bits and
+		   back up than it is to read minLen bits and then an
+		   additional bit at a time, testing as we go.
+		   Because there is a trailing last block (with file
+		   CRC), there is no danger of the overread causing an
+		   unexpected EOF for a valid compressed file.  As a
+		   further optimization, we do the read inline
+		   (falling back to a call to get_bits if the buffer
+		   runs dry).  The following (up to got_huff_bits:) is
+		   equivalent to j = get_bits(bd, hufGroup->maxLen);
+		 */
+		while (bd->inbufBitCount < hufGroup->maxLen) {
+			if (bd->inbufPos == bd->inbufCount) {
+				j = get_bits(bd, hufGroup->maxLen);
+				goto got_huff_bits;
+			}
+			bd->inbufBits =
+				(bd->inbufBits << 8)|bd->inbuf[bd->inbufPos++];
+			bd->inbufBitCount += 8;
+		};
+		bd->inbufBitCount -= hufGroup->maxLen;
+		j = (bd->inbufBits >> bd->inbufBitCount)&
+			((1 << hufGroup->maxLen)-1);
+got_huff_bits:
+		/* Figure how how many bits are in next symbol and
+		 * unget extras */
+		i = hufGroup->minLen;
+		while (j > limit[i])
+			++i;
+		bd->inbufBitCount += (hufGroup->maxLen - i);
+		/* Huffman decode value to get nextSym (with bounds checking) */
+		if ((i > hufGroup->maxLen)
+			|| (((unsigned)(j = (j>>(hufGroup->maxLen-i))-base[i]))
+				>= MAX_SYMBOLS))
+			return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+		nextSym = hufGroup->permute[j];
+		/* We have now decoded the symbol, which indicates
+		   either a new literal byte, or a repeated run of the
+		   most recent literal byte.  First, check if nextSym
+		   indicates a repeated run, and if so loop collecting
+		   how many times to repeat the last literal. */
+		if (((unsigned)nextSym) <= SYMBOL_RUNB) { /* RUNA or RUNB */
+			/* If this is the start of a new run, zero out
+			 * counter */
+			if (!runPos) {
+				runPos = 1;
+				t = 0;
+			}
+			/* Neat trick that saves 1 symbol: instead of
+			   or-ing 0 or 1 at each bit position, add 1
+			   or 2 instead.  For example, 1011 is 1 << 0
+			   + 1 << 1 + 2 << 2.  1010 is 2 << 0 + 2 << 1
+			   + 1 << 2.  You can make any bit pattern
+			   that way using 1 less symbol than the basic
+			   or 0/1 method (except all bits 0, which
+			   would use no symbols, but a run of length 0
+			   doesn't mean anything in this context).
+			   Thus space is saved. */
+			t += (runPos << nextSym);
+			/* +runPos if RUNA; +2*runPos if RUNB */
+
+			runPos <<= 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* When we hit the first non-run symbol after a run,
+		   we now know how many times to repeat the last
+		   literal, so append that many copies to our buffer
+		   of decoded symbols (dbuf) now.  (The last literal
+		   used is the one at the head of the mtfSymbol
+		   array.) */
+		if (runPos) {
+			runPos = 0;
+			if (dbufCount+t >= dbufSize)
+				return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+
+			uc = symToByte[mtfSymbol[0]];
+			byteCount[uc] += t;
+			while (t--)
+				dbuf[dbufCount++] = uc;
+		}
+		/* Is this the terminating symbol? */
+		if (nextSym > symTotal)
+			break;
+		/* At this point, nextSym indicates a new literal
+		   character.  Subtract one to get the position in the
+		   MTF array at which this literal is currently to be
+		   found.  (Note that the result can't be -1 or 0,
+		   because 0 and 1 are RUNA and RUNB.  But another
+		   instance of the first symbol in the mtf array,
+		   position 0, would have been handled as part of a
+		   run above.  Therefore 1 unused mtf position minus 2
+		   non-literal nextSym values equals -1.) */
+		if (dbufCount >= dbufSize)
+			return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+		i = nextSym - 1;
+		uc = mtfSymbol[i];
+		/* Adjust the MTF array.  Since we typically expect to
+		 *move only a small number of symbols, and are bound
+		 *by 256 in any case, using memmove here would
+		 *typically be bigger and slower due to function call
+		 *overhead and other assorted setup costs. */
+		do {
+			mtfSymbol[i] = mtfSymbol[i-1];
+		} while (--i);
+		mtfSymbol[0] = uc;
+		uc = symToByte[uc];
+		/* We have our literal byte.  Save it into dbuf. */
+		byteCount[uc]++;
+		dbuf[dbufCount++] = (unsigned int)uc;
+	}
+	/* At this point, we've read all the Huffman-coded symbols
+	   (and repeated runs) for this block from the input stream,
+	   and decoded them into the intermediate buffer.  There are
+	   dbufCount many decoded bytes in dbuf[].  Now undo the
+	   Burrows-Wheeler transform on dbuf.  See
+	   http://dogma.net/markn/articles/bwt/bwt.htm
+	 */
+	/* Turn byteCount into cumulative occurrence counts of 0 to n-1. */
+	j = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		k = j+byteCount[i];
+		byteCount[i] = j;
+		j = k;
+	}
+	/* Figure out what order dbuf would be in if we sorted it. */
+	for (i = 0; i < dbufCount; i++) {
+		uc = (unsigned char)(dbuf[i] & 0xff);
+		dbuf[byteCount[uc]] |= (i << 8);
+		byteCount[uc]++;
+	}
+	/* Decode first byte by hand to initialize "previous" byte.
+	   Note that it doesn't get output, and if the first three
+	   characters are identical it doesn't qualify as a run (hence
+	   writeRunCountdown = 5). */
+	if (dbufCount) {
+		if (origPtr >= dbufCount)
+			return RETVAL_DATA_ERROR;
+		bd->writePos = dbuf[origPtr];
+		bd->writeCurrent = (unsigned char)(bd->writePos&0xff);
+		bd->writePos >>= 8;
+		bd->writeRunCountdown = 5;
+	}
+	bd->writeCount = dbufCount;
+
+	return RETVAL_OK;
+}
+
+/* Undo burrows-wheeler transform on intermediate buffer to produce output.
+   If start_bunzip was initialized with out_fd =-1, then up to len bytes of
+   data are written to outbuf.  Return value is number of bytes written or
+   error (all errors are negative numbers).  If out_fd!=-1, outbuf and len
+   are ignored, data is written to out_fd and return is RETVAL_OK or error.
+*/
+
+static int INIT read_bunzip(struct bunzip_data *bd, char *outbuf, int len)
+{
+	const unsigned int *dbuf;
+	int pos, xcurrent, previous, gotcount;
+
+	/* If last read was short due to end of file, return last block now */
+	if (bd->writeCount < 0)
+		return bd->writeCount;
+
+	gotcount = 0;
+	dbuf = bd->dbuf;
+	pos = bd->writePos;
+	xcurrent = bd->writeCurrent;
+
+	/* We will always have pending decoded data to write into the output
+	   buffer unless this is the very first call (in which case we haven't
+	   Huffman-decoded a block into the intermediate buffer yet). */
+
+	if (bd->writeCopies) {
+		/* Inside the loop, writeCopies means extra copies (beyond 1) */
+		--bd->writeCopies;
+		/* Loop outputting bytes */
+		for (;;) {
+			/* If the output buffer is full, snapshot
+			 * state and return */
+			if (gotcount >= len) {
+				bd->writePos = pos;
+				bd->writeCurrent = xcurrent;
+				bd->writeCopies++;
+				return len;
+			}
+			/* Write next byte into output buffer, updating CRC */
+			outbuf[gotcount++] = xcurrent;
+			bd->writeCRC = (((bd->writeCRC) << 8)
+				^bd->crc32Table[((bd->writeCRC) >> 24)
+				^xcurrent]);
+			/* Loop now if we're outputting multiple
+			 * copies of this byte */
+			if (bd->writeCopies) {
+				--bd->writeCopies;
+				continue;
+			}
+decode_next_byte:
+			if (!bd->writeCount--)
+				break;
+			/* Follow sequence vector to undo
+			 * Burrows-Wheeler transform */
+			previous = xcurrent;
+			pos = dbuf[pos];
+			xcurrent = pos&0xff;
+			pos >>= 8;
+			/* After 3 consecutive copies of the same
+			   byte, the 4th is a repeat count.  We count
+			   down from 4 instead *of counting up because
+			   testing for non-zero is faster */
+			if (--bd->writeRunCountdown) {
+				if (xcurrent != previous)
+					bd->writeRunCountdown = 4;
+			} else {
+				/* We have a repeated run, this byte
+				 * indicates the count */
+				bd->writeCopies = xcurrent;
+				xcurrent = previous;
+				bd->writeRunCountdown = 5;
+				/* Sometimes there are just 3 bytes
+				 * (run length 0) */
+				if (!bd->writeCopies)
+					goto decode_next_byte;
+				/* Subtract the 1 copy we'd output
+				 * anyway to get extras */
+				--bd->writeCopies;
+			}
+		}
+		/* Decompression of this block completed successfully */
+		bd->writeCRC = ~bd->writeCRC;
+		bd->totalCRC = ((bd->totalCRC << 1) |
+				(bd->totalCRC >> 31)) ^ bd->writeCRC;
+		/* If this block had a CRC error, force file level CRC error. */
+		if (bd->writeCRC != bd->headerCRC) {
+			bd->totalCRC = bd->headerCRC+1;
+			return RETVAL_LAST_BLOCK;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Refill the intermediate buffer by Huffman-decoding next
+	 * block of input */
+	/* (previous is just a convenient unused temp variable here) */
+	previous = get_next_block(bd);
+	if (previous) {
+		bd->writeCount = previous;
+		return (previous != RETVAL_LAST_BLOCK) ? previous : gotcount;
+	}
+	bd->writeCRC = 0xffffffffUL;
+	pos = bd->writePos;
+	xcurrent = bd->writeCurrent;
+	goto decode_next_byte;
+}
+
+static int INIT nofill(void *buf, unsigned int len)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* Allocate the structure, read file header.  If in_fd ==-1, inbuf must contain
+   a complete bunzip file (len bytes long).  If in_fd!=-1, inbuf and len are
+   ignored, and data is read from file handle into temporary buffer. */
+static int INIT start_bunzip(struct bunzip_data **bdp, void *inbuf, int len,
+			     int (*fill)(void*, unsigned int))
+{
+	struct bunzip_data *bd;
+	unsigned int i, j, c;
+	const unsigned int BZh0 =
+		(((unsigned int)'B') << 24)+(((unsigned int)'Z') << 16)
+		+(((unsigned int)'h') << 8)+(unsigned int)'0';
+
+	/* Figure out how much data to allocate */
+	i = sizeof(struct bunzip_data);
+
+	/* Allocate bunzip_data.  Most fields initialize to zero. */
+	bd = *bdp = malloc(i);
+	memset(bd, 0, sizeof(struct bunzip_data));
+	/* Setup input buffer */
+	bd->inbuf = inbuf;
+	bd->inbufCount = len;
+	if (fill != NULL)
+		bd->fill = fill;
+	else
+		bd->fill = nofill;
+
+	/* Init the CRC32 table (big endian) */
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		c = i << 24;
+		for (j = 8; j; j--)
+			c = c&0x80000000 ? (c << 1)^0x04c11db7 : (c << 1);
+		bd->crc32Table[i] = c;
+	}
+
+	/* Ensure that file starts with "BZh['1'-'9']." */
+	i = get_bits(bd, 32);
+	if (((unsigned int)(i-BZh0-1)) >= 9)
+		return RETVAL_NOT_BZIP_DATA;
+
+	/* Fourth byte (ascii '1'-'9'), indicates block size in units of 100k of
+	   uncompressed data.  Allocate intermediate buffer for block. */
+	bd->dbufSize = 100000*(i-BZh0);
+
+	bd->dbuf = large_malloc(bd->dbufSize * sizeof(int));
+	return RETVAL_OK;
+}
+
+/* Example usage: decompress src_fd to dst_fd.  (Stops at end of bzip2 data,
+   not end of file.) */
+STATIC int INIT bunzip2(unsigned char *buf, int len,
+			int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+			int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+			unsigned char *outbuf,
+			int *pos,
+			void(*error_fn)(char *x))
+{
+	struct bunzip_data *bd;
+	int i = -1;
+	unsigned char *inbuf;
+
+	set_error_fn(error_fn);
+	if (flush)
+		outbuf = malloc(BZIP2_IOBUF_SIZE);
+	else
+		len -= 4; /* Uncompressed size hack active in pre-boot
+			     environment */
+	if (!outbuf) {
+		error("Could not allocate output bufer");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (buf)
+		inbuf = buf;
+	else
+		inbuf = malloc(BZIP2_IOBUF_SIZE);
+	if (!inbuf) {
+		error("Could not allocate input bufer");
+		goto exit_0;
+	}
+	i = start_bunzip(&bd, inbuf, len, fill);
+	if (!i) {
+		for (;;) {
+			i = read_bunzip(bd, outbuf, BZIP2_IOBUF_SIZE);
+			if (i <= 0)
+				break;
+			if (!flush)
+				outbuf += i;
+			else
+				if (i != flush(outbuf, i)) {
+					i = RETVAL_UNEXPECTED_OUTPUT_EOF;
+					break;
+				}
+		}
+	}
+	/* Check CRC and release memory */
+	if (i == RETVAL_LAST_BLOCK) {
+		if (bd->headerCRC != bd->totalCRC)
+			error("Data integrity error when decompressing.");
+		else
+			i = RETVAL_OK;
+	} else if (i == RETVAL_UNEXPECTED_OUTPUT_EOF) {
+		error("Compressed file ends unexpectedly");
+	}
+	if (bd->dbuf)
+		large_free(bd->dbuf);
+	if (pos)
+		*pos = bd->inbufPos;
+	free(bd);
+	if (!buf)
+		free(inbuf);
+exit_0:
+	if (flush)
+		free(outbuf);
+	return i;
+}
+
+#define decompress bunzip2
diff --git a/lib/decompress_inflate.c b/lib/decompress_inflate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..839a329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/decompress_inflate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#ifdef STATIC
+/* Pre-boot environment: included */
+
+/* prevent inclusion of _LINUX_KERNEL_H in pre-boot environment: lots
+ * errors about console_printk etc... on ARM */
+#define _LINUX_KERNEL_H
+
+#include "zlib_inflate/inftrees.c"
+#include "zlib_inflate/inffast.c"
+#include "zlib_inflate/inflate.c"
+
+#else /* STATIC */
+/* initramfs et al: linked */
+
+#include <linux/zutil.h>
+
+#include "zlib_inflate/inftrees.h"
+#include "zlib_inflate/inffast.h"
+#include "zlib_inflate/inflate.h"
+
+#include "zlib_inflate/infutil.h"
+
+#endif /* STATIC */
+
+#include <linux/decompress/mm.h>
+
+#define INBUF_LEN (16*1024)
+
+/* Included from initramfs et al code */
+STATIC int INIT gunzip(unsigned char *buf, int len,
+		       int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+		       int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+		       unsigned char *out_buf,
+		       int *pos,
+		       void(*error_fn)(char *x)) {
+	u8 *zbuf;
+	struct z_stream_s *strm;
+	int rc;
+	size_t out_len;
+
+	set_error_fn(error_fn);
+	rc = -1;
+	if (flush) {
+		out_len = 0x8000; /* 32 K */
+		out_buf = malloc(out_len);
+	} else {
+		out_len = 0x7fffffff; /* no limit */
+	}
+	if (!out_buf) {
+		error("Out of memory while allocating output buffer");
+		goto gunzip_nomem1;
+	}
+
+	if (buf)
+		zbuf = buf;
+	else {
+		zbuf = malloc(INBUF_LEN);
+		len = 0;
+	}
+	if (!zbuf) {
+		error("Out of memory while allocating input buffer");
+		goto gunzip_nomem2;
+	}
+
+	strm = malloc(sizeof(*strm));
+	if (strm == NULL) {
+		error("Out of memory while allocating z_stream");
+		goto gunzip_nomem3;
+	}
+
+	strm->workspace = malloc(flush ? zlib_inflate_workspacesize() :
+				 sizeof(struct inflate_state));
+	if (strm->workspace == NULL) {
+		error("Out of memory while allocating workspace");
+		goto gunzip_nomem4;
+	}
+
+	if (len == 0)
+		len = fill(zbuf, INBUF_LEN);
+
+	/* verify the gzip header */
+	if (len < 10 ||
+	   zbuf[0] != 0x1f || zbuf[1] != 0x8b || zbuf[2] != 0x08) {
+		if (pos)
+			*pos = 0;
+		error("Not a gzip file");
+		goto gunzip_5;
+	}
+
+	/* skip over gzip header (1f,8b,08... 10 bytes total +
+	 * possible asciz filename)
+	 */
+	strm->next_in = zbuf + 10;
+	/* skip over asciz filename */
+	if (zbuf[3] & 0x8) {
+		while (strm->next_in[0])
+			strm->next_in++;
+		strm->next_in++;
+	}
+	strm->avail_in = len - (strm->next_in - zbuf);
+
+	strm->next_out = out_buf;
+	strm->avail_out = out_len;
+
+	rc = zlib_inflateInit2(strm, -MAX_WBITS);
+
+	if (!flush) {
+		WS(strm)->inflate_state.wsize = 0;
+		WS(strm)->inflate_state.window = NULL;
+	}
+
+	while (rc == Z_OK) {
+		if (strm->avail_in == 0) {
+			/* TODO: handle case where both pos and fill are set */
+			len = fill(zbuf, INBUF_LEN);
+			if (len < 0) {
+				rc = -1;
+				error("read error");
+				break;
+			}
+			strm->next_in = zbuf;
+			strm->avail_in = len;
+		}
+		rc = zlib_inflate(strm, 0);
+
+		/* Write any data generated */
+		if (flush && strm->next_out > out_buf) {
+			int l = strm->next_out - out_buf;
+			if (l != flush(out_buf, l)) {
+				rc = -1;
+				error("write error");
+				break;
+			}
+			strm->next_out = out_buf;
+			strm->avail_out = out_len;
+		}
+
+		/* after Z_FINISH, only Z_STREAM_END is "we unpacked it all" */
+		if (rc == Z_STREAM_END) {
+			rc = 0;
+			break;
+		} else if (rc != Z_OK) {
+			error("uncompression error");
+			rc = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	zlib_inflateEnd(strm);
+	if (pos)
+		/* add + 8 to skip over trailer */
+		*pos = strm->next_in - zbuf+8;
+
+gunzip_5:
+	free(strm->workspace);
+gunzip_nomem4:
+	free(strm);
+gunzip_nomem3:
+	if (!buf)
+		free(zbuf);
+gunzip_nomem2:
+	if (flush)
+		free(out_buf);
+gunzip_nomem1:
+	return rc; /* returns Z_OK (0) if successful */
+}
+
+#define decompress gunzip
diff --git a/lib/decompress_unlzma.c b/lib/decompress_unlzma.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546f2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/decompress_unlzma.c
@@ -0,0 +1,647 @@
+/* Lzma decompressor for Linux kernel. Shamelessly snarfed
+ *from busybox 1.1.1
+ *
+ *Linux kernel adaptation
+ *Copyright (C) 2006  Alain < alain@knaff.lu >
+ *
+ *Based on small lzma deflate implementation/Small range coder
+ *implementation for lzma.
+ *Copyright (C) 2006  Aurelien Jacobs < aurel@gnuage.org >
+ *
+ *Based on LzmaDecode.c from the LZMA SDK 4.22 (http://www.7-zip.org/)
+ *Copyright (C) 1999-2005  Igor Pavlov
+ *
+ *Copyrights of the parts, see headers below.
+ *
+ *
+ *This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef STATIC
+#include <linux/decompress/unlzma.h>
+#endif /* STATIC */
+
+#include <linux/decompress/mm.h>
+
+#define	MIN(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+
+static long long INIT read_int(unsigned char *ptr, int size)
+{
+	int i;
+	long long ret = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		ret = (ret << 8) | ptr[size-i-1];
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define ENDIAN_CONVERT(x) \
+  x = (typeof(x))read_int((unsigned char *)&x, sizeof(x))
+
+
+/* Small range coder implementation for lzma.
+ *Copyright (C) 2006  Aurelien Jacobs < aurel@gnuage.org >
+ *
+ *Based on LzmaDecode.c from the LZMA SDK 4.22 (http://www.7-zip.org/)
+ *Copyright (c) 1999-2005  Igor Pavlov
+ */
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+#define LZMA_IOBUF_SIZE	0x10000
+
+struct rc {
+	int (*fill)(void*, unsigned int);
+	uint8_t *ptr;
+	uint8_t *buffer;
+	uint8_t *buffer_end;
+	int buffer_size;
+	uint32_t code;
+	uint32_t range;
+	uint32_t bound;
+};
+
+
+#define RC_TOP_BITS 24
+#define RC_MOVE_BITS 5
+#define RC_MODEL_TOTAL_BITS 11
+
+
+/* Called twice: once at startup and once in rc_normalize() */
+static void INIT rc_read(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	rc->buffer_size = rc->fill((char *)rc->buffer, LZMA_IOBUF_SIZE);
+	if (rc->buffer_size <= 0)
+		error("unexpected EOF");
+	rc->ptr = rc->buffer;
+	rc->buffer_end = rc->buffer + rc->buffer_size;
+}
+
+/* Called once */
+static inline void INIT rc_init(struct rc *rc,
+				       int (*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+				       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+{
+	rc->fill = fill;
+	rc->buffer = (uint8_t *)buffer;
+	rc->buffer_size = buffer_size;
+	rc->buffer_end = rc->buffer + rc->buffer_size;
+	rc->ptr = rc->buffer;
+
+	rc->code = 0;
+	rc->range = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+}
+
+static inline void INIT rc_init_code(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+		if (rc->ptr >= rc->buffer_end)
+			rc_read(rc);
+		rc->code = (rc->code << 8) | *rc->ptr++;
+	}
+}
+
+
+/* Called once. TODO: bb_maybe_free() */
+static inline void INIT rc_free(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	free(rc->buffer);
+}
+
+/* Called twice, but one callsite is in inline'd rc_is_bit_0_helper() */
+static void INIT rc_do_normalize(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	if (rc->ptr >= rc->buffer_end)
+		rc_read(rc);
+	rc->range <<= 8;
+	rc->code = (rc->code << 8) | *rc->ptr++;
+}
+static inline void INIT rc_normalize(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	if (rc->range < (1 << RC_TOP_BITS))
+		rc_do_normalize(rc);
+}
+
+/* Called 9 times */
+/* Why rc_is_bit_0_helper exists?
+ *Because we want to always expose (rc->code < rc->bound) to optimizer
+ */
+static inline uint32_t INIT rc_is_bit_0_helper(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p)
+{
+	rc_normalize(rc);
+	rc->bound = *p * (rc->range >> RC_MODEL_TOTAL_BITS);
+	return rc->bound;
+}
+static inline int INIT rc_is_bit_0(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p)
+{
+	uint32_t t = rc_is_bit_0_helper(rc, p);
+	return rc->code < t;
+}
+
+/* Called ~10 times, but very small, thus inlined */
+static inline void INIT rc_update_bit_0(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p)
+{
+	rc->range = rc->bound;
+	*p += ((1 << RC_MODEL_TOTAL_BITS) - *p) >> RC_MOVE_BITS;
+}
+static inline void rc_update_bit_1(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p)
+{
+	rc->range -= rc->bound;
+	rc->code -= rc->bound;
+	*p -= *p >> RC_MOVE_BITS;
+}
+
+/* Called 4 times in unlzma loop */
+static int INIT rc_get_bit(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p, int *symbol)
+{
+	if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, p)) {
+		rc_update_bit_0(rc, p);
+		*symbol *= 2;
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		rc_update_bit_1(rc, p);
+		*symbol = *symbol * 2 + 1;
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Called once */
+static inline int INIT rc_direct_bit(struct rc *rc)
+{
+	rc_normalize(rc);
+	rc->range >>= 1;
+	if (rc->code >= rc->range) {
+		rc->code -= rc->range;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Called twice */
+static inline void INIT
+rc_bit_tree_decode(struct rc *rc, uint16_t *p, int num_levels, int *symbol)
+{
+	int i = num_levels;
+
+	*symbol = 1;
+	while (i--)
+		rc_get_bit(rc, p + *symbol, symbol);
+	*symbol -= 1 << num_levels;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Small lzma deflate implementation.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006  Aurelien Jacobs < aurel@gnuage.org >
+ *
+ * Based on LzmaDecode.c from the LZMA SDK 4.22 (http://www.7-zip.org/)
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2005  Igor Pavlov
+ */
+
+
+struct lzma_header {
+	uint8_t pos;
+	uint32_t dict_size;
+	uint64_t dst_size;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) ;
+
+
+#define LZMA_BASE_SIZE 1846
+#define LZMA_LIT_SIZE 768
+
+#define LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX 4
+
+#define LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS 3
+#define LZMA_LEN_NUM_MID_BITS 3
+#define LZMA_LEN_NUM_HIGH_BITS 8
+
+#define LZMA_LEN_CHOICE 0
+#define LZMA_LEN_CHOICE_2 (LZMA_LEN_CHOICE + 1)
+#define LZMA_LEN_LOW (LZMA_LEN_CHOICE_2 + 1)
+#define LZMA_LEN_MID (LZMA_LEN_LOW \
+		      + (1 << (LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX + LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS)))
+#define LZMA_LEN_HIGH (LZMA_LEN_MID \
+		       +(1 << (LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX + LZMA_LEN_NUM_MID_BITS)))
+#define LZMA_NUM_LEN_PROBS (LZMA_LEN_HIGH + (1 << LZMA_LEN_NUM_HIGH_BITS))
+
+#define LZMA_NUM_STATES 12
+#define LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES 7
+
+#define LZMA_START_POS_MODEL_INDEX 4
+#define LZMA_END_POS_MODEL_INDEX 14
+#define LZMA_NUM_FULL_DISTANCES (1 << (LZMA_END_POS_MODEL_INDEX >> 1))
+
+#define LZMA_NUM_POS_SLOT_BITS 6
+#define LZMA_NUM_LEN_TO_POS_STATES 4
+
+#define LZMA_NUM_ALIGN_BITS 4
+
+#define LZMA_MATCH_MIN_LEN 2
+
+#define LZMA_IS_MATCH 0
+#define LZMA_IS_REP (LZMA_IS_MATCH + (LZMA_NUM_STATES << LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX))
+#define LZMA_IS_REP_G0 (LZMA_IS_REP + LZMA_NUM_STATES)
+#define LZMA_IS_REP_G1 (LZMA_IS_REP_G0 + LZMA_NUM_STATES)
+#define LZMA_IS_REP_G2 (LZMA_IS_REP_G1 + LZMA_NUM_STATES)
+#define LZMA_IS_REP_0_LONG (LZMA_IS_REP_G2 + LZMA_NUM_STATES)
+#define LZMA_POS_SLOT (LZMA_IS_REP_0_LONG \
+		       + (LZMA_NUM_STATES << LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX))
+#define LZMA_SPEC_POS (LZMA_POS_SLOT \
+		       +(LZMA_NUM_LEN_TO_POS_STATES << LZMA_NUM_POS_SLOT_BITS))
+#define LZMA_ALIGN (LZMA_SPEC_POS \
+		    + LZMA_NUM_FULL_DISTANCES - LZMA_END_POS_MODEL_INDEX)
+#define LZMA_LEN_CODER (LZMA_ALIGN + (1 << LZMA_NUM_ALIGN_BITS))
+#define LZMA_REP_LEN_CODER (LZMA_LEN_CODER + LZMA_NUM_LEN_PROBS)
+#define LZMA_LITERAL (LZMA_REP_LEN_CODER + LZMA_NUM_LEN_PROBS)
+
+
+struct writer {
+	uint8_t *buffer;
+	uint8_t previous_byte;
+	size_t buffer_pos;
+	int bufsize;
+	size_t global_pos;
+	int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int);
+	struct lzma_header *header;
+};
+
+struct cstate {
+	int state;
+	uint32_t rep0, rep1, rep2, rep3;
+};
+
+static inline size_t INIT get_pos(struct writer *wr)
+{
+	return
+		wr->global_pos + wr->buffer_pos;
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t INIT peek_old_byte(struct writer *wr,
+						uint32_t offs)
+{
+	if (!wr->flush) {
+		int32_t pos;
+		while (offs > wr->header->dict_size)
+			offs -= wr->header->dict_size;
+		pos = wr->buffer_pos - offs;
+		return wr->buffer[pos];
+	} else {
+		uint32_t pos = wr->buffer_pos - offs;
+		while (pos >= wr->header->dict_size)
+			pos += wr->header->dict_size;
+		return wr->buffer[pos];
+	}
+
+}
+
+static inline void INIT write_byte(struct writer *wr, uint8_t byte)
+{
+	wr->buffer[wr->buffer_pos++] = wr->previous_byte = byte;
+	if (wr->flush && wr->buffer_pos == wr->header->dict_size) {
+		wr->buffer_pos = 0;
+		wr->global_pos += wr->header->dict_size;
+		wr->flush((char *)wr->buffer, wr->header->dict_size);
+	}
+}
+
+
+static inline void INIT copy_byte(struct writer *wr, uint32_t offs)
+{
+	write_byte(wr, peek_old_byte(wr, offs));
+}
+
+static inline void INIT copy_bytes(struct writer *wr,
+					 uint32_t rep0, int len)
+{
+	do {
+		copy_byte(wr, rep0);
+		len--;
+	} while (len != 0 && wr->buffer_pos < wr->header->dst_size);
+}
+
+static inline void INIT process_bit0(struct writer *wr, struct rc *rc,
+				     struct cstate *cst, uint16_t *p,
+				     int pos_state, uint16_t *prob,
+				     int lc, uint32_t literal_pos_mask) {
+	int mi = 1;
+	rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+	prob = (p + LZMA_LITERAL +
+		(LZMA_LIT_SIZE
+		 * (((get_pos(wr) & literal_pos_mask) << lc)
+		    + (wr->previous_byte >> (8 - lc))))
+		);
+
+	if (cst->state >= LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES) {
+		int match_byte = peek_old_byte(wr, cst->rep0);
+		do {
+			int bit;
+			uint16_t *prob_lit;
+
+			match_byte <<= 1;
+			bit = match_byte & 0x100;
+			prob_lit = prob + 0x100 + bit + mi;
+			if (rc_get_bit(rc, prob_lit, &mi)) {
+				if (!bit)
+					break;
+			} else {
+				if (bit)
+					break;
+			}
+		} while (mi < 0x100);
+	}
+	while (mi < 0x100) {
+		uint16_t *prob_lit = prob + mi;
+		rc_get_bit(rc, prob_lit, &mi);
+	}
+	write_byte(wr, mi);
+	if (cst->state < 4)
+		cst->state = 0;
+	else if (cst->state < 10)
+		cst->state -= 3;
+	else
+		cst->state -= 6;
+}
+
+static inline void INIT process_bit1(struct writer *wr, struct rc *rc,
+					    struct cstate *cst, uint16_t *p,
+					    int pos_state, uint16_t *prob) {
+  int offset;
+	uint16_t *prob_len;
+	int num_bits;
+	int len;
+
+	rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+	prob = p + LZMA_IS_REP + cst->state;
+	if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob)) {
+		rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+		cst->rep3 = cst->rep2;
+		cst->rep2 = cst->rep1;
+		cst->rep1 = cst->rep0;
+		cst->state = cst->state < LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES ? 0 : 3;
+		prob = p + LZMA_LEN_CODER;
+	} else {
+		rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+		prob = p + LZMA_IS_REP_G0 + cst->state;
+		if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob)) {
+			rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+			prob = (p + LZMA_IS_REP_0_LONG
+				+ (cst->state <<
+				   LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX) +
+				pos_state);
+			if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob)) {
+				rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+
+				cst->state = cst->state < LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES ?
+					9 : 11;
+				copy_byte(wr, cst->rep0);
+				return;
+			} else {
+				rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+			}
+		} else {
+			uint32_t distance;
+
+			rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+			prob = p + LZMA_IS_REP_G1 + cst->state;
+			if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob)) {
+				rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+				distance = cst->rep1;
+			} else {
+				rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+				prob = p + LZMA_IS_REP_G2 + cst->state;
+				if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob)) {
+					rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob);
+					distance = cst->rep2;
+				} else {
+					rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob);
+					distance = cst->rep3;
+					cst->rep3 = cst->rep2;
+				}
+				cst->rep2 = cst->rep1;
+			}
+			cst->rep1 = cst->rep0;
+			cst->rep0 = distance;
+		}
+		cst->state = cst->state < LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES ? 8 : 11;
+		prob = p + LZMA_REP_LEN_CODER;
+	}
+
+	prob_len = prob + LZMA_LEN_CHOICE;
+	if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob_len)) {
+		rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob_len);
+		prob_len = (prob + LZMA_LEN_LOW
+			    + (pos_state <<
+			       LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS));
+		offset = 0;
+		num_bits = LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS;
+	} else {
+		rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob_len);
+		prob_len = prob + LZMA_LEN_CHOICE_2;
+		if (rc_is_bit_0(rc, prob_len)) {
+			rc_update_bit_0(rc, prob_len);
+			prob_len = (prob + LZMA_LEN_MID
+				    + (pos_state <<
+				       LZMA_LEN_NUM_MID_BITS));
+			offset = 1 << LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS;
+			num_bits = LZMA_LEN_NUM_MID_BITS;
+		} else {
+			rc_update_bit_1(rc, prob_len);
+			prob_len = prob + LZMA_LEN_HIGH;
+			offset = ((1 << LZMA_LEN_NUM_LOW_BITS)
+				  + (1 << LZMA_LEN_NUM_MID_BITS));
+			num_bits = LZMA_LEN_NUM_HIGH_BITS;
+		}
+	}
+
+	rc_bit_tree_decode(rc, prob_len, num_bits, &len);
+	len += offset;
+
+	if (cst->state < 4) {
+		int pos_slot;
+
+		cst->state += LZMA_NUM_LIT_STATES;
+		prob =
+			p + LZMA_POS_SLOT +
+			((len <
+			  LZMA_NUM_LEN_TO_POS_STATES ? len :
+			  LZMA_NUM_LEN_TO_POS_STATES - 1)
+			 << LZMA_NUM_POS_SLOT_BITS);
+		rc_bit_tree_decode(rc, prob,
+				   LZMA_NUM_POS_SLOT_BITS,
+				   &pos_slot);
+		if (pos_slot >= LZMA_START_POS_MODEL_INDEX) {
+			int i, mi;
+			num_bits = (pos_slot >> 1) - 1;
+			cst->rep0 = 2 | (pos_slot & 1);
+			if (pos_slot < LZMA_END_POS_MODEL_INDEX) {
+				cst->rep0 <<= num_bits;
+				prob = p + LZMA_SPEC_POS +
+					cst->rep0 - pos_slot - 1;
+			} else {
+				num_bits -= LZMA_NUM_ALIGN_BITS;
+				while (num_bits--)
+					cst->rep0 = (cst->rep0 << 1) |
+						rc_direct_bit(rc);
+				prob = p + LZMA_ALIGN;
+				cst->rep0 <<= LZMA_NUM_ALIGN_BITS;
+				num_bits = LZMA_NUM_ALIGN_BITS;
+			}
+			i = 1;
+			mi = 1;
+			while (num_bits--) {
+				if (rc_get_bit(rc, prob + mi, &mi))
+					cst->rep0 |= i;
+				i <<= 1;
+			}
+		} else
+			cst->rep0 = pos_slot;
+		if (++(cst->rep0) == 0)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	len += LZMA_MATCH_MIN_LEN;
+
+	copy_bytes(wr, cst->rep0, len);
+}
+
+
+
+STATIC inline int INIT unlzma(unsigned char *buf, int in_len,
+			      int(*fill)(void*, unsigned int),
+			      int(*flush)(void*, unsigned int),
+			      unsigned char *output,
+			      int *posp,
+			      void(*error_fn)(char *x)
+	)
+{
+	struct lzma_header header;
+	int lc, pb, lp;
+	uint32_t pos_state_mask;
+	uint32_t literal_pos_mask;
+	uint16_t *p;
+	int num_probs;
+	struct rc rc;
+	int i, mi;
+	struct writer wr;
+	struct cstate cst;
+	unsigned char *inbuf;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	set_error_fn(error_fn);
+	if (!flush)
+		in_len -= 4; /* Uncompressed size hack active in pre-boot
+				environment */
+	if (buf)
+		inbuf = buf;
+	else
+		inbuf = malloc(LZMA_IOBUF_SIZE);
+	if (!inbuf) {
+		error("Could not allocate input bufer");
+		goto exit_0;
+	}
+
+	cst.state = 0;
+	cst.rep0 = cst.rep1 = cst.rep2 = cst.rep3 = 1;
+
+	wr.header = &header;
+	wr.flush = flush;
+	wr.global_pos = 0;
+	wr.previous_byte = 0;
+	wr.buffer_pos = 0;
+
+	rc_init(&rc, fill, inbuf, in_len);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(header); i++) {
+		if (rc.ptr >= rc.buffer_end)
+			rc_read(&rc);
+		((unsigned char *)&header)[i] = *rc.ptr++;
+	}
+
+	if (header.pos >= (9 * 5 * 5))
+		error("bad header");
+
+	mi = 0;
+	lc = header.pos;
+	while (lc >= 9) {
+		mi++;
+		lc -= 9;
+	}
+	pb = 0;
+	lp = mi;
+	while (lp >= 5) {
+		pb++;
+		lp -= 5;
+	}
+	pos_state_mask = (1 << pb) - 1;
+	literal_pos_mask = (1 << lp) - 1;
+
+	ENDIAN_CONVERT(header.dict_size);
+	ENDIAN_CONVERT(header.dst_size);
+
+	if (header.dict_size == 0)
+		header.dict_size = 1;
+
+	if (output)
+		wr.buffer = output;
+	else {
+		wr.bufsize = MIN(header.dst_size, header.dict_size);
+		wr.buffer = large_malloc(wr.bufsize);
+	}
+	if (wr.buffer == NULL)
+		goto exit_1;
+
+	num_probs = LZMA_BASE_SIZE + (LZMA_LIT_SIZE << (lc + lp));
+	p = (uint16_t *) large_malloc(num_probs * sizeof(*p));
+	if (p == 0)
+		goto exit_2;
+	num_probs = LZMA_LITERAL + (LZMA_LIT_SIZE << (lc + lp));
+	for (i = 0; i < num_probs; i++)
+		p[i] = (1 << RC_MODEL_TOTAL_BITS) >> 1;
+
+	rc_init_code(&rc);
+
+	while (get_pos(&wr) < header.dst_size) {
+		int pos_state =	get_pos(&wr) & pos_state_mask;
+		uint16_t *prob = p + LZMA_IS_MATCH +
+			(cst.state << LZMA_NUM_POS_BITS_MAX) + pos_state;
+		if (rc_is_bit_0(&rc, prob))
+			process_bit0(&wr, &rc, &cst, p, pos_state, prob,
+				     lc, literal_pos_mask);
+		else {
+			process_bit1(&wr, &rc, &cst, p, pos_state, prob);
+			if (cst.rep0 == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (posp)
+		*posp = rc.ptr-rc.buffer;
+	if (wr.flush)
+		wr.flush(wr.buffer, wr.buffer_pos);
+	ret = 0;
+	large_free(p);
+exit_2:
+	if (!output)
+		large_free(wr.buffer);
+exit_1:
+	if (!buf)
+		free(inbuf);
+exit_0:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define decompress unlzma
diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.h b/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.h
index df8a6c9..3d17b3d 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.h
+++ b/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef INFLATE_H
+#define INFLATE_H
+
 /* inflate.h -- internal inflate state definition
  * Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Mark Adler
  * For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h
@@ -105,3 +108,4 @@
     unsigned short work[288];   /* work area for code table building */
     code codes[ENOUGH];         /* space for code tables */
 };
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h b/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h
index 5f5219b..b70b473 100644
--- a/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h
+++ b/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef INFTREES_H
+#define INFTREES_H
+
 /* inftrees.h -- header to use inftrees.c
  * Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Mark Adler
  * For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h
@@ -53,3 +56,4 @@
 extern int zlib_inflate_table (codetype type, unsigned short *lens,
                              unsigned codes, code **table,
                              unsigned *bits, unsigned short *work);
+#endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index e0636577..3b949a3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -186,3 +186,17 @@
 cmd_gzip = gzip -f -9 < $< > $@
 
 
+# Bzip2
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Bzip2 does not include size in file... so we have to fake that
+size_append=$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/bin_size
+
+quiet_cmd_bzip2 = BZIP2    $@
+cmd_bzip2 = (bzip2 -9 < $< && $(size_append) $<) > $@ || (rm -f $@ ; false)
+
+# Lzma
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA    $@
+cmd_lzma = (lzma -9 -c $< && $(size_append) $<) >$@ || (rm -f $@ ; false)
diff --git a/scripts/bin_size b/scripts/bin_size
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43e1b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin_size
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
+   echo Usage: $0 file
+fi
+
+size_dec=`stat -c "%s" $1`
+size_hex_echo_string=`printf "%08x" $size_dec |
+     sed 's/\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)/\\\\x\4\\\\x\3\\\\x\2\\\\x\1/g'`
+/bin/echo -ne $size_hex_echo_string
diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index 5f3415f..41041e4 100644
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Released under the terms of the GNU GPL
 #
 # Generate a cpio packed initramfs. It uses gen_init_cpio to generate
-# the cpio archive, and gzip to pack it.
+# the cpio archive, and then compresses it.
 # The script may also be used to generate the inputfile used for gen_init_cpio
 # This script assumes that gen_init_cpio is located in usr/ directory
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 cat << EOF
 Usage:
 $0 [-o <file>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
-	-o <file>      Create gzipped initramfs file named <file> using
-		       gen_init_cpio and gzip
+	-o <file>      Create compressed initramfs file named <file> using
+		       gen_init_cpio and compressor depending on the extension
 	-u <uid>       User ID to map to user ID 0 (root).
 		       <uid> is only meaningful if <cpio_source> is a
 		       directory.  "squash" forces all files to uid 0.
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
 output="/dev/stdout"
 output_file=""
 is_cpio_compressed=
+compr="gzip -9 -f"
 
 arg="$1"
 case "$arg" in
@@ -233,11 +234,15 @@
 		echo "deps_initramfs := \\"
 		shift
 		;;
-	"-o")	# generate gzipped cpio image named $1
+	"-o")	# generate compressed cpio image named $1
 		shift
 		output_file="$1"
 		cpio_list="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)"
 		output=${cpio_list}
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" && compr="gzip -9 -f"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" && compr="bzip2 -9 -f"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" && compr="lzma -9 -f"
+		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
 		shift
 		;;
 esac
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@
 	esac
 done
 
-# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and gzip it
+# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and compress it
 # we are carefull to delete tmp files
 if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
 	if [ -z ${cpio_file} ]; then
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@
 	if [ "${is_cpio_compressed}" = "compressed" ]; then
 		cat ${cpio_tfile} > ${output_file}
 	else
-		cat ${cpio_tfile} | gzip -f -9 - > ${output_file}
+		cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr}  - > ${output_file}
 	fi
 	[ -z ${cpio_file} ] && rm ${cpio_tfile}
 fi
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 86cecb5..a691a8f 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -44,3 +44,30 @@
 	  owned by group root in the initial ramdisk image.
 
 	  If you are not sure, leave it set to "0".
+
+config RD_GZIP
+	bool "Initial ramdisk compressed using gzip"
+	default y
+	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+	select DECOMPRESS_GZIP
+	help
+	  Support loading of a gzip encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer.
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
+config RD_BZIP2
+	bool "Initial ramdisk compressed using bzip2"
+	default n
+	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+	select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
+	help
+	  Support loading of a bzip2 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
+config RD_LZMA
+	bool "Initial ramdisk compressed using lzma"
+	default n
+	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+	select DECOMPRESS_LZMA
+	help
+	  Support loading of a lzma encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
+	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index 201f27f..451cdff 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,32 @@
 klibcdirs:;
 PHONY += klibcdirs
 
+# Find out "preferred" ramdisk compressor. Order of preference is
+#  1. bzip2 efficient, and likely to be present
+#  2. gzip former default
+#  3. lzma
+#  4. none
+
+# None of the above
+suffix_y                   =
+
+# Lzma, but no gzip nor bzip2
+suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_LZMA)   = .lzma
+
+# Gzip, but no bzip2
+suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_GZIP)   = .gz
+
+# Bzip2
+suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_BZIP2)  = .bz2
+
 
 # Generate builtin.o based on initramfs_data.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data$(suffix_y).o
 
-# initramfs_data.o contains the initramfs_data.cpio.gz image.
+# initramfs_data.o contains the compressed initramfs_data.cpio image.
 # The image is included using .incbin, a dependency which is not
 # tracked automatically.
-$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz FORCE
+$(obj)/initramfs_data$(suffix_y).o: $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y) FORCE
 
 #####
 # Generate the initramfs cpio archive
@@ -25,28 +43,28 @@
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
-# .initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d is used to identify all files included
+# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.
 # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated
 # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d),)
-	include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d),)
+	include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@
       cmd_initfs = $(initramfs) -o $@ $(ramfs-args) $(ramfs-input)
 
-targets := initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+targets := initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_data.cpio.bz2 initramfs_data.cpio.lzma initramfs_data.cpio
 # do not try to update files included in initramfs
 $(deps_initramfs): ;
 
 $(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
-# We rebuild initramfs_data.cpio.gz if:
-# 1) Any included file is newer then initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+# We rebuild initramfs_data.cpio if:
+# 1) Any included file is newer then initramfs_data.cpio
 # 2) There are changes in which files are included (added or deleted)
-# 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+# 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 4) arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
-$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz: $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
-	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
+	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
 	$(call if_changed,initfs)
 
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.S b/usr/initramfs_data.S
index c2e1ad4..7c6973d 100644
--- a/usr/initramfs_data.S
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.S
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 */
 
 .section .init.ramfs,"a"
-.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz"
+.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio"
 
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S b/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc54d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.bz2.S
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+  initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the
+  filesystem used for early user space.
+  Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23
+  released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin.
+  If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the
+  following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary:
+
+
+  ld -m elf_i386  --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \
+  -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o
+   ld -m elf_i386  -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o
+
+  initramfs_data.scr looks like this:
+SECTIONS
+{
+       .init.ramfs : { *(.data) }
+}
+
+  The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures.
+  Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the
+  arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced.
+
+  Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set
+  in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
+*/
+
+.section .init.ramfs,"a"
+.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.bz2"
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..890c8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+  initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the
+  filesystem used for early user space.
+  Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23
+  released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin.
+  If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the
+  following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary:
+
+
+  ld -m elf_i386  --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \
+  -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o
+   ld -m elf_i386  -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o
+
+  initramfs_data.scr looks like this:
+SECTIONS
+{
+       .init.ramfs : { *(.data) }
+}
+
+  The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures.
+  Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the
+  arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced.
+
+  Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set
+  in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
+*/
+
+.section .init.ramfs,"a"
+.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz"
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S b/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e11469e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.lzma.S
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+  initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the
+  filesystem used for early user space.
+  Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23
+  released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin.
+  If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the
+  following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary:
+
+
+  ld -m elf_i386  --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \
+  -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o
+   ld -m elf_i386  -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o
+
+  initramfs_data.scr looks like this:
+SECTIONS
+{
+       .init.ramfs : { *(.data) }
+}
+
+  The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures.
+  Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the
+  arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced.
+
+  Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set
+  in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
+*/
+
+.section .init.ramfs,"a"
+.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.lzma"