Dear Wolfgang Denk,
Dear Graeme Russ,
In message <CALButCLDyKZnsZqGXhxcu-
UEv9nySg77f1XwaUvmgb9gc7BPNQ@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
While we are on the subject - Do either of you think support for the x86 zimage/bzImage format should end up here in common code? Not that the x86
The common coe should be architecture-neutral. It might cann architecture-specific routines, which may (or may not) get added later, depending if somebody cares about adding such support.
(b)zImage header is unique (see arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h) and decompressing vmlinux out of an x86 (b)zImage is non-trivial given the header and decompression stub
I have to admit that I never understood the fuzz about being able to boot zImages. I see more disadvanatges than advantages for this, but some ARM people go frenzy when this topic pops up - see recent discussions about removal of uImage support on the AKML.
Sure, but let's try to offer them a compromise. Everyone will be happy that way at least to some extent.
Frankly: I see no benefit in adding x86 support.
I see no benefit in adding ARM support either, but YMMV...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
Best regards, Marek Vasut