On 11/21/07, yhlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 21, 2007 12:03 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:13:23PM -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > > > > It makes the same changes as mentioned before, but it also uses the > > > > correct kernel image depending on the architecture. mkelfimage > > > > doesn't work with an x86_64 vmlinux, and with an i386 bzImage it > > > > generates a _much_ larger elf. > > for x86_64 support > there is a patch i posted several months ago. > > because late x86_64 kernel vmlinux is elf64, you need to use melfImage > to convert that to elf32. > > YH
I tested it using the amd serengeti_cheetah LAB (64-bit) platform in buildrom With mkelfimage 2.5 using bzImage (vmlinux doesn't work) Payload takes 901210 Bytes (880 KBytes) in ROM: With mkelfimage 2.7 and Yinghai's patch using bzImage Payload takes 900919 Bytes (879 KBytes) in ROM: With mkelfimage 2.7 and Yinghai's patch using vmlinux Payload takes 770726 Bytes (752 KBytes) in ROM: So 2.7 is marginally better anyway, and blows 2.5 away by using vmlinux. I tested it and it boots. I think we should upgrade to 2.7 and use the patch. My patch makes it so all targets use vmlinux and 2.7 Signed-off-by: Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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