2005-09-02 21:32:39

by H. Peter Anvin

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Subject: [PATCH] Make the bzImage format self-terminating

I'm proposing the attached patch to replace Frank Sorenson's
i386-buildc-write-out-larger-system-size-to-bootsector patch currently
in -mm. The goal (presumably) is to make the bzImage format
self-terminating.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>


Attachments:
i386-x86_64-extend-syssize.patch (5.65 kB)

2005-09-02 21:48:14

by Frank Sorenson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make the bzImage format self-terminating

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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I'm proposing the attached patch to replace Frank Sorenson's
> i386-buildc-write-out-larger-system-size-to-bootsector patch currently
> in -mm. The goal (presumably) is to make the bzImage format
> self-terminating.
>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>

Looks good to me. Using the 2 additional bytes allows the header to
contain the full system size for a very long time, and your patch
includes documentation and x86_64.

Frank
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Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK
Systems Manager, Computer Science Department
Brigham Young University
[email protected]
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