[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux: use zImage by default on ARM

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 04/04/16 19:57, Steve Calfee wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> Since quite some time, the kernel and bootloader communities consider
>> zImage as the default format for kernel images on ARM, replacing
>> uImage. The load address information in uImage is no longer needed,
>> since the kernel is position-independent in terms of physical address,
>> except on a few old platforms. For most people, using zImage is simply
>> better/simpler, so let's switch to zImage as the default image format
>> on ARM.
>>
>> All defconfigs are updated: 46 defconfigs no longer need to select
>> explicitly zImage because it's the default, and 16 defconfigs now need
>> to explicitly select uImage because that's no longer the default.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
>> ---
>
> Is this a good idea? Doesn't this break external configs that use
> uImage? Changing a default is a serious change.

  A defconfig is not very reliable when updating buildroot, because defaults may 
change. When updating buildroot, you should use a full config. This also tells 
you which options are new for example.


  Regards,
  Arnout


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