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@SeanDougherty SeanDougherty commented Jan 29, 2026

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All boxes should be checked before merging the PR (just tick any boxes which don't apply to this PR)

  • The toolchain has been rebuilt successfully (or no changes were made to it)
  • The toolchain/worker package manifests are up-to-date
  • Any updated packages successfully build (or no packages were changed)
  • Packages depending on static components modified in this PR (Golang, *-static subpackages, etc.) have had their Release tag incremented.
  • Package tests (%check section) have been verified with RUN_CHECK=y for existing SPEC files, or added to new SPEC files
  • All package sources are available
  • cgmanifest files are up-to-date and sorted (./cgmanifest.json, ./toolkit/scripts/toolchain/cgmanifest.json, .github/workflows/cgmanifest.json)
  • LICENSE-MAP files are up-to-date (./LICENSES-AND-NOTICES/SPECS/data/licenses.json, ./LICENSES-AND-NOTICES/SPECS/LICENSES-MAP.md, ./LICENSES-AND-NOTICES/SPECS/LICENSE-EXCEPTIONS.PHOTON)
  • All source files have up-to-date hashes in the *.signatures.json files
  • sudo make go-tidy-all and sudo make go-test-coverage pass
  • Documentation has been updated to match any changes to the build system
  • Ready to merge

Summary

CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD

  • With this a better compression algo (zstd) becomes available to users, this is a read-only kernel feature with minimal overhead when not in use. Already enabled in our ARM kernel.

CONFIG_FW_CFG_SYSFS

  • Enables module that permits firmware config injection. Minimal overhead, not loaded when not in use. Already enabled in our ARM kernel
Change Log
  • Enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD
  • Enable CONFIG_FW_CFG_SYSFS
Does this affect the toolchain?

NO

Associated issues
  • ADO #17099
Test Methodology
  • Pipeline build id: Buddy ID: 1037837
  • Local install and boot
  • kernel smoke tests
  • sysbench comparison: nominal
  • unixbench comparison: nominal

@SeanDougherty SeanDougherty requested review from a team as code owners January 29, 2026 03:03
@microsoft-github-policy-service microsoft-github-policy-service bot added Packaging specs-extended PR to fix SPECS-EXTENDED 3.0-dev PRs Destined for AzureLinux 3.0 labels Jan 29, 2026
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