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From: andre@bluewatersys•com (Andre Renaud)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Add Kconfig option to use mkimage -T kernel_noload
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:28:33 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F4EA691.9040406@bluewatersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <74CDBE0F657A3D45AFBB94109FB122FF17BDDF21A1@HQMAIL01.nvidia.com>

On 01/03/12 10:27, Stephen Warren wrote:
> Russell King wrote at Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:45 PM:
> ...
>> So, really, comparing a standard uImage produced by the standard kernel
>> with gzipped Image is far from a fair comparison.  And that's actually
>> another argument for getting rid of the uImage target... it may make
>> people think a bit about what they're doing rather than accepting
>> whatever default location someone else chose for their kernel.
> 
> That seems like more of an argument for making the uImage target use
> -T kernel_noload unconditionally, rather than removing the target.
> Since doing so would solve the issue about the kernel picking a load
> address.
> 
> That is, ignoring any arguments about breaking existing workflows at
> least...

I think this is the case that I was seeing - the current behaviour of
the uImage target, of using the zreladdr as the load/start addresses
essentially guarantees the worst case relocation behaviour.

Regards,
Andre

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-29 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-29  0:03 [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Add Kconfig option to use mkimage -T kernel_noload Stephen Warren
2012-02-29  0:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: tegra: Add zreladdr etc to Makefile.boot for Tegra30 Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 12:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Add Kconfig option to use mkimage -T kernel_noload Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-02-29 16:58   ` Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 18:14     ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-02-29 18:33       ` Tim Bird
2012-02-29 18:50         ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-03-12 17:40           ` Marek Vasut
2012-03-12 17:44             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-02-29 19:12         ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-02-29 19:17           ` Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 19:44             ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-02-29 19:59               ` Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 20:12                 ` Andre Renaud
2012-02-29 20:16                   ` Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 20:19                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-29 20:25                     ` Andre Renaud
2012-02-29 20:29                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-29 20:39                       ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-02-29 20:45                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-02-29 20:59                           ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-03-01  4:55                             ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-03-12 17:42                             ` Marek Vasut
2012-02-29 21:27                           ` Stephen Warren
2012-02-29 22:28                             ` Andre Renaud [this message]
2012-02-29 20:30                   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-02-29 23:53               ` Ryan Mallon
2012-03-12 17:44                 ` Marek Vasut
2012-03-01 15:34               ` Mark Brown
2012-03-01 17:01 ` Stephen Warren
2012-03-05  4:21   ` Olof Johansson
2012-03-05 20:29   ` Nicolas Pitre

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