On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 05:42:43PM +0300, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> If an image gets built as an Elf there's a chance
> it will be used by developers for debugging purposes.
> In that case it's very helpful to keep debugging info
> in that image.
>
> I would think that most OWRT-powered devices in production
> will use some form of binary image for booting so Elf
> flavours could be left a bit bulkier with more debug info
> inside.
Well, some of the tiniest AR7 boxes out there come with a bootloader
expecting ELF binaries... I didn't have a close look, just assuming
that they might be affected. May Florian knows more...?
Cheers
Daniel
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrod...@synopsys.com>
> ---
> include/kernel-defaults.mk | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
> index 406fd46..0166dc5 100644
> --- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
> +++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
> @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ endif
> define Kernel/CopyImage
> cmp -s $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux$(1).debug || { \
> $(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy -O binary $(OBJCOPY_STRIP) -S
> $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(LINUX_KERNEL)$(1); \
> - $(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy $(OBJCOPY_STRIP) -S $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux
> $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux$(1).elf; \
> + $(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy $(OBJCOPY_STRIP) $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux
> $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux$(1).elf; \
> $(CP) $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux
> $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux$(1).debug; \
> $(foreach k, \
> $(if $(KERNEL_IMAGES),$(KERNEL_IMAGES),$(filter-out
> dtbs,$(KERNELNAME))), \
> --
> 2.5.5
>
>
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