Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751445AbWB0BSt (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:18:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751458AbWB0BSt (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:18:49 -0500 Received: from allen.werkleitz.de ([80.190.251.108]:42381 "EHLO allen.werkleitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751445AbWB0BSt (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:18:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:18:44 +0100 From: Johannes Stezenbach To: Russell King Cc: Matt Mackall , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20060227011844.GA7218@linuxtv.org> Mail-Followup-To: Johannes Stezenbach , Russell King , Matt Mackall , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060225065136.GH13116@waste.org> <20060225084955.GA27538@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225145412.GI13116@waste.org> <20060225180521.GB15276@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225210454.GL13116@waste.org> <20060225212247.GC15276@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225214704.GN13116@waste.org> <20060225215850.GD15276@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225223737.GO13116@waste.org> <20060225225748.GF15276@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060225225748.GF15276@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 84.189.241.246 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] inflate pt1: clean up input logic X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:49:04 +1100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on allen.werkleitz.de) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1355 Lines: 34 On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 10:57:49PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:37:37PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 09:58:50PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > > > I'm sorry, I just do not see why you're being soo bloody difficult > > > over this. > > > > Because it's taken this long to get close to an explanation of what > > the problem is. > > $#%@%#$%#@!!! I really think you're intentionally trying to wind me up > through this whole thread. > > The email: > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.2/1024.html > > contains a full and clear explaination of the situation. The second > paragraph of that email is key to understanding the problem and makes > it absolutely clear what is trying to be decompressed as the initrd > (the corrupted compressed piggy). FWIW, I didn't it either. "Work around broken boot firmware which passes invalid initrd to kernel" would have been a simpler description. I agree that it would be nice if inflate.c would fail gracefully instead of halting, but why can't you just use CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=n? Johannes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/