On 7 Feb, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
>
>> > (b) move the responsibility of decompression into the kernel image
>> > itself. This can still be used by the BSD's if they choose to.
>>
>> if you think that's the best thing to do.
>
> note that somebody else pushed for this long ago, and I still am not sure
> I really like it, since it will cause BSD trouble. I think maybe it
> becomes a build option?
>
> ron
I don't think it needs to be an either-or at all. linuxbiosmain()
should be "turned upside down" in the same way I want do to
intel_main(). My needs are to be able to load initrd images, choose
between multiple kernel images and set the kernel command line.
A system that provides functions that make it trivial to write
linuxbiosmain() functions custom for each board will also have the
flexibility to uncompress the the kernel any way you want.
Ty
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