Re: [PATCH 12/12] i386 boot: Add an ELF header to bzImage

Andrew Morton
2006-10-04T05:37:53Z

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:28:50 -0400
Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> wrote:

> > Seems that the entire kernel effort is an ongoing plot to make my poor
> > little Vaio stop working. This patch turns it into a black-screened rock
> > as soon as it does grub -> linux. Stock-standard FC5 install, config at
> > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-sony.txt.
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Right now I don't have access to my test machine. Tomorrow morning,
> very first thing I am going to try it out with your config file.
>
> This patch just adds and ELF header to bzImage which is not even used
> by grub.
>
> So without this patch you are able to boot the kernel on your laptop?

With your other 11 patches applied and not this one, it boots OK.

With this patch applied and not the other eleven applied: no-compile.

With all 12 applied: crash.