From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: khilman@linaro.org (Kevin Hilman) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:21:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: zImage: ensure header in LE format for BE8 kernels In-Reply-To: <53A1D701.8060404@codeaurora.org> References: <1397147232-28516-1-git-send-email-taras.kondratiuk@linaro.org> <53A1D701.8060404@codeaurora.org> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote: > On 06/18/14 10:55, Kevin Hilman wrote: >> >> All of that to say, with this patch applied, I need a new (and >> reliable) way to determine the endianness of a kernel just by looking >> at the zImage. Recommendations welcome. > > Assuming that you have the .config configured to be built into the > kernel you could use extract-ikconfig > > $ ./scripts/extract-ikconfig zImage | grep CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 Unfortunately, I can't rely on having that built in since I want the boot tools to be as generic as possible. Kevin