[PATCH] arm/tegra: select AUTO_ZRELADDR by default
Russell King - ARM Linux
linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Fri Oct 14 16:17:37 EDT 2011
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 04:14:12PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 02:01:07PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > The way I'm restructuring things around this is that AUTO_ZRELADDR will
> > > always be active by default, just like ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT now. This
> > > platform specific exclusion thinking is a step backward so I'd prefer if
> > > people would refrain from going there for the moment.
> >
> > Are you expecting everyone to change the way they load the zImage
> > overnight then?
>
> No, of course. But adding restrictions in the kernel build because
> u-Boot's own image format dictates such restrictions doesn't make sense.
> Those restrictions must be pushed towards the uImage encapsulation step,
> not higher the kernel config hierarchy.
You're not understanding again.
I'm talking about people who _explicitly_ load the zImage at a different
address to which the decompressed image ends up. With AUTO_ZRELADDR=y
their setup will break unless they stop that behaviour, which takes
away one of the advantages of using the zImage format.
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