Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual address

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Mon Feb 06 2017 - 03:52:21 EST


Hello!

On 2/5/2017 11:21 PM, Alban wrote:

From: Alban Bedel <albeu@xxxxxxx>

Normally compressed images have to be loaded at a different address to
allow the decompressor to run. This add an option to let vmlinuz copy
itself to the correct address from the normal vmlinux address.

Signed-off-by: Alban Bedel <albeu@xxxxxxx>
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Just some grammar nitpicking...

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index b3c5bde..8074fc5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2961,6 +2961,14 @@ choice
bool "Extend builtin kernel arguments with bootloader arguments"
endchoice

+config ZBOOT_VMLINUZ_AT_VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS
+ bool "Load compressed images at the same address as uncompressed"
+ depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
+ help
+ vmlinux and vmlinuz normally have different load addresses, with
+ this option vmlinuz expect to be loaded at the same address as

Expects.

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MBR, Sergei