[PATCH] ppc/uImage: Find new kernel load_addr if the default addr is not available

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Wed Nov 7 19:53:13 EST 2012


On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 06:00:43PM +0000, McClintock Matthew-B29882 wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki at in.ibm.com> wrote:
> > From: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki at in.ibm.com>
> >
> > If the kernel cannot be loaded at the default load_addr, provided
> > by the image, we should try finding a free area using locate_hole().
> > This is usually applicable for the CRASH case, where the memory should
> > be located in the reserved region.
> >
> > Without this patch, sometime the kernel fails to load for uImage formatted
> > relocatable kernel images.
> 
> Without testing, this looks reasonable to me.

Thanks, applied.



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