[PATCH 1/2] ARM: Add Kconfig option to use mkimage -T kernel_noload

Stephen Warren swarren at nvidia.com
Wed Feb 29 16:27:31 EST 2012


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...

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