linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] x86: Add support for uncompressed kernel images

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Message-ID: <20131216085938.GA15050@ab42.lan>
Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:59:39 +0100
From:	Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@...lis.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] x86: Add support for uncompressed kernel images

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 02:48:30PM +0100, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> There seems to be some interest to enable uncompressed kernels also for x86
> in addition to (embedded) ARC platforms.
> 
> Add the code to support uncompressed kernels to lib/, select the respective
> Kconfig options for the x86 architecture and use this code in the x86 kernel
> self-decompressor.

Any news on this? Was someone able to take a look at / test this patch?
I have given it some more testing and encountered no issues so far.

Greetings,
  Christian
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