Re: [regression?] 2.6.26 floppy boot failure with kernel packed using'upx'

[H. Peter Anvin]

Frans Pop wrote:
> So, the primairy question here is:
> - is this a kernel regression because whatever changed is no longer valid
>   conform "kernel format specs", or
> - is this a latent issue in upx that somehow creates an invalid image, or
> - does this change effectively create a new "type" of image that upx
>   just doesn't yet know how to handle correctly?

Sounds to me like UPX makes assumptions about the kernel image format 
that it really doesn't have standing to assume.

	-hpa
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