Hi, patch makes sure we: - don't overwrite an existing .data section in the ecoff - opens the original kernel image read only applies to 2.4 as well as 2.5. -- Guido
Index: arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/linux/arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c,v retrieving revision 1.1.6.1 diff -u -u -r1.1.6.1 addinitrd.c --- arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c 2001/12/13 21:22:23 1.1.6.1 +++ arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c 2002/04/14 14:59:50 @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ * addinitrd - program to add a initrd image to an ecoff kernel * * (C) 1999 Thomas Bogendoerfer + * 2002 Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org> + * */ #include <sys/types.h> @@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ exit (1); } - if ((fd_vmlinux = open (argv[1],O_RDWR)) < 0) + if ((fd_vmlinux = open (argv[1],O_RDONLY)) < 0) die ("open vmlinux"); if (read (fd_vmlinux, &efile, sizeof efile) != sizeof efile) die ("read file header"); @@ -65,7 +67,10 @@ /* * check whether the file is good for us */ - /* TBD */ + if( eaout.dsize || esecs[1].s_size ) { + fprintf(2,".data section not empty. Giving up!\n"); + exit(1); + } /* * check, if we have to swab words