From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Probe initrd header only if explicitly specified
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:29:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080826212907.GB13647@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080826.223457.41872931.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:34:57PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> Currently init_initrd() probes initrd header at the last page of
> kernel image, but it is valid only if addinitrd was used. If
> addinitrd was not used, the area contains garbage so probing there
> might misdetect initrd header (magic number is not strictly robust).
>
> This patch introduces CONFIG_PROBE_INITRD_HEADER to enable this
> probing explicitly.
Applied though I think the solution isn't quite the most elegant ...
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-26 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-26 13:34 [PATCH] Probe initrd header only if explicitly specified Atsushi Nemoto
2008-08-26 21:29 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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2008-08-26 13:11 Atsushi Nemoto
2008-08-26 13:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-26 13:31 ` Atsushi Nemoto
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