Re: [PATCH -v1] MIPS: add support for gzip/bzip2/lzma compressed kernel images

[Alexander Clouter <alex@digriz.org.uk>]

Hi,

* Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> [2009-08-10 16:49:14+0800]:
>
> This patch will help to generate smaller kernel images for linux-MIPS,
> 
> Here is the effect when using lzma:
> 
> $ ls -sh vmlinux
> 7.1M vmlinux
> $ ls -sh arch/mips/boot/compressed/vmlinuz
> 1.5M arch/mips/boot/compressed/vmlinuz
> 
> Have tested the 32bit kernel on Qemu/Malta and 64bit kernel on FuLoong
> Mini PC. both of them work well.
> 
> and this revision incorporates the feedback from Alexander Clouter
> <alex@digriz.org.uk>, he helped to test it on AR7[1] based Linksys
> WAG54Gv2 and gave good suggestion on board-independence.
> 
> NOTE: this should work for the other MIPS-based machines, but I have
> used the command bc in the Makefile to calculate the load address of the
> compressed kernel. I'm not sure this is suitable.  perhaps I need to
> rewrite this part in C program or somebody help to simplify the current
> implementation.
> 
Finally Fleabay'ed a replacement WAG54Gv2 to replace the one I 
bricked to try this new patch.

Works perfectly....I finally can cooked more or less vanilla kernels on 
my board now :)

> Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com>
>
Tested-by: Alexander Clouter <alex@digriz.org.uk>

Cheers

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Alexander Clouter
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