On 17/04/14 21:35, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: >>> The above is useful for loading the raw uncompressed Image without >>> carrying the full ELF baggage. >> >> What exactly is the full ELF baggage? Aren't there existing mechanisms to omit >> debugging symbols, for example, if size is of concern? > > FWIW, it is a small non-intrusive change to produce ELFs with the > proper LMA, if it is useful for specialized tooling, here is the 3.14 > version of the patch I created (I see it needs a bit of cleanup..) > You must also force PATCH_PHYS_VIRT off. > > The ELF also has the correct entry point address, so ELF tooling can > just jump into it, after setting the proper register values according > to the boot protocol. That might be a useful approach for single platform kernels but I don't think such an approach can work for multi-arch kernels since, because the RAM can be located anywhere in the address map, the physical load address is platform dependant. Daniel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html