From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sipsolutions.net (xc.sipsolutions.net [83.246.72.84]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 501E4DDD01 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:37:35 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: relocatable kernel vs. yaboot From: Johannes Berg To: Paul Mackerras In-Reply-To: <18698.10295.463071.212141@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> References: <1225322811.5280.5.camel@johannes.berg> <18698.10295.463071.212141@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-rUpnH+PSYsqZT254F9VO" Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:37:14 +0100 Message-Id: <1225402634.16440.2.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --=-rUpnH+PSYsqZT254F9VO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:33 +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Yes, yaboot needs to be fixed. Yeah, my bad, I was offline when writing this and only checked later to find you'd already discussed that. Sorry. > > Modifying the vmlinux in the same way as above makes yaboot take it, an= d > > I can easily make this part of my installation procedure, but I wonder > > if it should be done automatically? Or maybe only documented in the > > Kconfig help text? I probably wouldn't have enabled it and then wondere= d > > why it doesn't work if it had warned me about breaking yaboot ;) >=20 > Yes, we could add something to the help text. Until yaboot gets > fixed, you could either boot the zImage with yaboot or use that > iseries hack. I can send a patch if you want? > Why did you enable it? Just to try it out? The main reason for > having it turned on is if you want to have a single kernel image that > can be used both as a normal kernel and a kdump kernel. Yeah, no particular reason, just enabled it on a whim when oldconfig asked. johannes --=-rUpnH+PSYsqZT254F9VO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJCikEAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYjegP/Rru9uq1WOxZ0JgLaDzAMWTe DDMYqxN+8b37uc7CDlp7cyJovnHbLGtbg1AU98kVy2LP0xUMQgt/Y7apP/JeWSgo u+sAh6g8SfJm22405NY3H1nD5HXcL4GVSlsgoeh2luQ/rN4bLxeYonMxSiyyPWTe 68W5A0OeH0AtuvMrIT39R7XyHLmcTfZKjVyUd7lDZaTMGPahiTQwGtkhZDUpyOoL LcHkNH6T1NJEWgwmN/CgqJ+Ady0HxrXxItiINnsWfd6qc5s6tDZD53KTTLjt0zk8 Spwt5yw81SgDFi5ByvWR7cJk4Go2lvuC7gVoEATkBg05UBk0lTwkrcTyjFf1h3F5 tKtibn3HNKmYS+jBLotmqEh9yZs0Zm2lp4amiH2SxrM7wqSKMyNguzL+iQVvrZwR kEnP40DCCEJ6miJqjx55ScjFknMQCGle5TzDJm7x3z6DxlYnwlbpeslIsTNL62yf Qer8/LrnhTWET7WaiZv66XEYuMa9J8L13vo3i15ynRNYZ2C57ew4RPZ3ZRTFlGVX vC/SUkFR9Q9Ar1ZNBGI5KdYpDdliJeKxkEqsSfSMFbwOoxTm8DkEK04aE7O/lC6Z XKvEZ2Bgn2Ea9Ny/uHx/gLRjTbG3YG9mlsNQMh8hf9tzzRkqk/8F9HHMrV9OQ1bg erzQYhrsyP0/petEmtds =7JJf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-rUpnH+PSYsqZT254F9VO--