linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] boot: increase stack size for kernel boot loader decompressor -- payload

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Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:55:33 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Alexander van Heukelum" <heukelum@...lshack.com>,
	"Mike Travis" <travis@....com>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, heukelum@...tmail.fm
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] boot: increase stack size for kernel boot loader decompressor -- payload_length

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Sorry, I don't understand.
> > >
> >
> > where can i find the unzip paload size from payload hdrs?
> >
> >
>
>  The size of the unzip payload you get by looking at the last four bytes of
> the gzip payload (after verifying the existence of a gzip magic number.)
> For more specific details, look at the ELF segment headers.

output_len in vmlinux.scr?

bootloader will try to get that ?

YH
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