From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754058AbZGWUu4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:50:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753750AbZGWUu4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:50:56 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.231]:13048 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753705AbZGWUuz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:50:55 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PgwQAz+dPtavgItm02mrEioW9rnUSKJezLvO0FJ4FTpSSObveKeMm+OXyV+TSmqXmg 5FBLovnl+dguvNN8MN5bwP6oDp5ca4+g0B9y3EMK5f+bW7/6QSETEIct/223tEs5m6VY hLYCjhMDDeL0TlVUYWymPWUVRfEAEhcLAlSTc= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A67CD97.8000609@zytor.com> References: <110c8b2e0907221415q77f7416ehcff4ad26d834bce2@mail.gmail.com> <4A67CD97.8000609@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:50:55 -0700 Message-ID: <110c8b2e0907231350v122543a0n9a3aabc3aee59623@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Way to combine kernel and initrd on x86 platform? From: Subodh Nijsure To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:40 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 07/22/2009 02:15 PM, Subodh Nijsure wrote: > > If your bootloader can support ELF, Multiboot, or NBI, you can use > Wraplinux: > >        http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/wraplinux/ > > bzImage support would be possible, but it isn't in this version (noone > has asked for it). > Sorry if I am not being very smart here, confused by the remark " bzImage support would not be possible" I was able create wrapped image using command wraplinux -p "console=ttyS0,115200" -i initrd.gz -o vmlinux.initrd.wrap arch/i386/boot/bzImage I am using wraplinux version 1.6 if I use any other image wraplinux doesn't find the version information and initrd image doesn't get attached. What file should I be specifying as the 'kernel' when I execute wrapimage if not the bzImage? ( I am working with 2.6.23 kernel) On my board I can boot the standard bzImage, but not able to load the wrapped image produced by wraplinux command. Would very much appreciate hints... Regards, /Subodh >        -hpa > > -- > H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center > I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf. > >