From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [regression?] 2.6.26 floppy boot failure with kernel packed using 'upx'
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:49:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48761378.6050101@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200807100655.00857.elendil@planet.nl>
Frans Pop wrote:
>
> So, the primairy question here is:
> - is this a kernel regression because whatever changed is no longer valid
> conform "kernel format specs", or
> - is this a latent issue in upx that somehow creates an invalid image, or
> - does this change effectively create a new "type" of image that upx
> just doesn't yet know how to handle correctly?
>
Sounds to me like UPX makes assumptions about the kernel image format
that it really doesn't have standing to assume.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-10 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-10 4:54 [regression?] 2.6.26 floppy boot failure with kernel packed using 'upx' Frans Pop
2008-07-10 7:47 ` Ian Campbell
2008-07-10 9:25 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-10 13:49 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-07-10 17:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-10 17:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-10 18:18 ` Frans Pop
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