> > Is it okay if I revert this for now until we find a proper fix? > > No, because this will cause the whole random data passed to the kernel > to be zeroed.
Honestly, who cares on this architecture? It is not production ready. Disabling all supported D-Link models for this seems like an exaggeration. > The real problem here is that there is no real octeon boot loader, the > kernels are loaded directly from u-boot, and the u-boot version in your > system is quite old and does not understand fancy yet valid ELF layouts > because u-boot is designed to boot a linux kernel and nothing else. I agree that a bootloader is needed. This has been a problem for a long time. > For those kind of systems, it is worth investigating whether a .umg file > can be built with mkuboot, in a way similar to what the armv7 port does; > this would be a better solution on the long-term, and immune to kernel > layout changes. I will look into that, thank you!
