linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6 v2] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels for ARM

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:31:17 +0200
From:	Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	sam@...nborg.org, hpa@...or.com, alain@...ff.lu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6 v2] Add support for LZO-compressed kernels for ARM

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:08:28PM +0200, Albin Tonnerre wrote :
> This is the second part of patch. This part includes:
>  - changes to ach/arch/boot/Makefile to make it easier to add new
>    compression types
>  - new piggy.lzo.S necessary for lzo compression
>  - changes in arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c to allow the use of lzo or
>    gzip, depending on the config
>  - Kconfig support
> 
> Signed-off-by: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@...e-electrons.com>
> ---
> Changes:
>  Compiling with -Os failed due to missing __aeabi_uidivmod.
>  Link using arch/arm/lib/lib1funcs.o which provides this symbol, and
>  define a dummy __div0 function in arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c, as
>  this symbol is required by lib1funcs.

Hi Russell,
Does that solve the concerns/issues you had with this patch?
If so, it might be worth getting the updaed version in Andrew's branch.

Regards,
-- 
Albin Tonnerre, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development,
consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
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