[PATCH 1/3] ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size

Nicolas Pitre nicolas.pitre at linaro.org
Sun Jun 12 16:06:38 EST 2011


This is needed for proper alignment when the DTB appending feature
is used.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index ea80abe..6c02db1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ SECTIONS
   .got			: { *(.got) }
   _got_end = .;
   .got.plt		: { *(.got.plt) }
+
+  /* ensure the zImage file size is always a multiple of 64 bits */
+  .pad			: { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
   _edata = .;
 
   . = BSS_START;
-- 
1.7.4



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