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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:54:47 +0100
From: Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se>
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Subject: bi_record and initrd
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Hi all,

The 2.4.19 kernel and the current rsync kernel from
source.mvista.com::linuxppc_2_4 does not work with large initrds.

The bi_record setup code in linux/arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc-embedded.c
doesn't care about the initrd size. So, if you are using a initrd that
crosses a megabyte-boundary you will have your initrd overwritten with
the bi_record. This results in crc error when unpacking the initrd.

The quick fix is to add a offset to the boot-code and to
arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c.

So, what's the long term solution?
Passing a pointer to the kernel?

/ magnus

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