[PATCH 0/3] fix some issues with the kernel decompressor

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> * Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> [110420 05:57]:
> > On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > > * Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> [110419 21:12]:
> > > > Here some patches to fix some issues with the zImage code.  The LZMA
> > > > decompressor now works for me, and the DT append patch should work
> > > > on all platforms now too.
> > > 
> > > Weird still no luck here booting n900 zImage.. LZMA image prints
> > > corrupt error, and only works if the image is relocated further
> > > by 1MB or so. With the following hack n900 boots, so some size
> > > calculations still are wrong. No luck with DT append patch either.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas why the following helps on n900?
> > 
> > No idea.  This could indicate that the lzma code is crapping into memory 
> > outside of its output buffer.  The fact that my patch #2/3 makes lzma 
> > decompression suddenly work for me with no apparent explanation is not 
> > reassuring either.
> 
> With gzip kernel looks like I need to move the kernel further by 8MB
> instead of 1MB for some reason..

What kernel config are you using?


Nicolas