On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:55:48PM +0000, Paul Brook wrote: > > Thanks for the review. > > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 09:59:44PM +0000, Paul Brook wrote: > > > > The patch also convert all machines that have an addend, simplify the > > > > PowerPC kernel loading > > > > > > The new PPC code looks like it may break images > 16M in size. > > > > The idea was to get rid of the most significant byte, as it changes > > depending on the kernel version, while we want the kernel to be loaded > > at a fixed address. Looks like I have to shift the mask by four bits. > > I thought that problem was that some kernels are (incorrectly) linked with > LMA==VMA, whereas they should have a base load address of zero. >
Yes, this is the problem. But the way to workaround it is to get rid of the MSB. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net
