[PATCH 1/3] ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Mon Jun 13 06:43:05 EDT 2011
* Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> [110611 23:02]:
> This is needed for proper alignment when the DTB appending feature
> is used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org>
Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in | 3 +++
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
> index ea80abe..6c02db1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
> @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ SECTIONS
> .got : { *(.got) }
> _got_end = .;
> .got.plt : { *(.got.plt) }
> +
> + /* ensure the zImage file size is always a multiple of 64 bits */
> + .pad : { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
> _edata = .;
>
> . = BSS_START;
> --
> 1.7.4
>
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