[PATCH] Change the default link address for pSeries zImage kernels.

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Apr 25 16:12:50 EST 2008


On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:39 +1000, Tony Breeds wrote:
> Currently we set the start of the .text section to be 4Mb for pSeries.
> In situations where the zImage is > 8Mb we'll fail to boot (due to
> overlapping with OF).  Move .text in a pSeries zImage from 4MB to 64MB
> (well past OF).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony at bakeyournoodle.com>
> ---
>  - Compile tested for *_defconfig with only pSeries chaning it's link
>    address.
>  - Boot tested on POWER6

Considering how bad OF can be on some machines, I'd like this to be
boot-tested on a wider range of machines. Also, it might depend on the
OF real-base setting as well...

At least, we should be able to test at ozlabs on cell blades, POWER4
bare metal (ie "SMP mode"), POWER5 and POWER5+.

Cheers,
Ben.





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