Re: [PATCH v7 03/11] kexec_file: factor out crashdump elf header function from x86

2018-02-09 Thread AKASHI Takahiro
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 06:37:10PM +, James Morse wrote: > Hi Akashi, > > On 04/12/17 02:57, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: > > prepare_elf_headers() can also be useful for other architectures, > > including arm64. > > What does arm64 need this for? This is generating ELF headers for something, >

Re: [PATCH v7 03/11] kexec_file: factor out crashdump elf header function from x86

2018-02-09 Thread AKASHI Takahiro
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 06:37:10PM +, James Morse wrote: > Hi Akashi, > > On 04/12/17 02:57, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: > > prepare_elf_headers() can also be useful for other architectures, > > including arm64. > > What does arm64 need this for? This is generating ELF headers for something, >

Re: [PATCH v7 03/11] kexec_file: factor out crashdump elf header function from x86

2018-02-07 Thread James Morse
Hi Akashi, On 04/12/17 02:57, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: > prepare_elf_headers() can also be useful for other architectures, > including arm64. What does arm64 need this for? This is generating ELF headers for something, but I can't work out what. (I'll keep reading,...) The x86 decompressor? arm64

Re: [PATCH v7 03/11] kexec_file: factor out crashdump elf header function from x86

2018-02-07 Thread James Morse
Hi Akashi, On 04/12/17 02:57, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: > prepare_elf_headers() can also be useful for other architectures, > including arm64. What does arm64 need this for? This is generating ELF headers for something, but I can't work out what. (I'll keep reading,...) The x86 decompressor? arm64