linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove lilo-loads-only-five-sectors-of-zImage-fixup from setup.S

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Message-ID: <452E758E.2060701@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:04:14 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	John Coffman <johninsd@....rr.com>
CC:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove  lilo-loads-only-five-sectors-of-zImage-fixup
 from setup.S

John Coffman wrote:
> Alexander,
> 
> You are referring to versions of LILO more than 8 years old.  Since 
> version 21, when I took over maintenance from Werner, LILO has been 
> sensitive to the boot protocol in use.  Peter has been kind enough to 
> point out upgrades to the 2.00+ protocols when they have been introduced.
> 
> All versions of LILO since version 21 should be able to correctly handle 
> both zImage and bzImage kernels, old and new.  The command:  "lilo -V 
> -v" should indicate the version of LILO you are using, and may indicate 
> a release date.
> 

We're talking old enough that it didn't support either bzImage or initrd.

	-hpa

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