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

From Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual address
Date 2017-02-06 10:00 +0100
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Hello!

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

> From: Alban Bedel <albeu@free.fr>
>
> 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@free.fr>
[...]

    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.

[...]

MBR, Sergei

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[PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual address Alban <albeu@free.fr> - 2017-02-05 21:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual  address Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2017-02-06 10:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual address Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 13:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual  address Alban <albeu@free.fr> - 2017-02-13 09:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compressed images to be loaded at the usual address Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@gmail.com> - 2017-02-13 12:00 +0100

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