[Cbe-oss-dev] Fixing kernel's "make rpm-pkg" in the PS3

[Julio M. Merino Vidal]

Hello,

As I outlined in some past post, "make rpm-pkg" is broken in the  
PS3.  The resulting .rpm package installs the arch/powerpc/boot/ 
zImage file in /boot instead of the vmlinux image, and the former is  
not meant to be used.

I have a patch that resolves the issue by making rpm-pkg install  
vmlinux instead of zImage.  However, I'm not sure if it is correct  
(hence not posting yet).  The questions I have are:

- Why can't the zImage be used?  I assume it is because these files
   are meant for native boot loaders, not kboot.
- Why does the ps3 tree generate a zImage (and zImage.ps3) if this
   is unusable?  (See next.)
- Is the zImage usable in some situation in the PS3?
- zImages are still valid for all other powerpc machines, right?
   I mean, the requirement to boot vmlinux instead of zImage is a
   PS3-specific thing?

If anyone can resolve my doubts I'll try to adapt my patch and post  
it :-)

Thank you.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino at ac.upc.edu>