Re: [PATCH] ARM: zImage: ensure header in LE format for BE8 kernels

[Kevin Hilman]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/18/14 10:55, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>
>> All of that to say, with this patch applied, I need a new (and
>> reliable) way to determine the endianness of a kernel just by looking
>> at the zImage.  Recommendations welcome.
>
> Assuming that you have the .config configured to be built into the
> kernel you could use extract-ikconfig
>
> $ ./scripts/extract-ikconfig zImage | grep CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8

Unfortunately, I can't rely on having that built in since I want the
boot tools to be as generic as possible.

Kevin
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