Re: [PATCH] arm/tegra: select AUTO_ZRELADDR by default

From: Nicolas Pitre
Date: Fri Oct 14 2011 - 16:14:14 EST


On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 02:01:07PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > The way I'm restructuring things around this is that AUTO_ZRELADDR will
> > always be active by default, just like ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT now. This
> > platform specific exclusion thinking is a step backward so I'd prefer if
> > people would refrain from going there for the moment.
>
> Are you expecting everyone to change the way they load the zImage
> overnight then?

No, of course. But adding restrictions in the kernel build because
u-Boot's own image format dictates such restrictions doesn't make sense.
Those restrictions must be pushed towards the uImage encapsulation step,
not higher the kernel config hierarchy.


Nicolas
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