From: "Mark A. Miller" <mark@mirell.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Subject: [PATCH] Expose BOOT_RAW Kconfig Symbol
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:31:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31014a580910120231p58c4f4ebi122c9232a7c288f3@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31014a580910120227j3023d3f0t947f6feeba427487@mail.gmail.com>
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This is a trivial change, it allows you to enable the BOOT_RAW symbol
on systems that it isn't otherwise the default on.
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Mark A. Miller
mark@mirell.org
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From: Mark Miller <mark@mirell.org>
This exposes the CONFIG_BOOT_RAW symbol in Kconfig. This is needed on certain Broadcom chipsets running CFE in order to load the kernel
Signed-off-by: Mark Miller <mark@mirell.org>
---
arch/mips/Kconfig | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index f4af967..023604d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -670,9 +670,6 @@ config ARC
config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
bool
-config BOOT_RAW
- bool
-
config CEVT_BCM1480
bool
@@ -1887,6 +1884,18 @@ config SECCOMP
If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
+config BOOT_RAW
+ bool "Enable the kernel to be executed from the load address"
+ default n
+ help
+ Allow the kernel to be executed from the load address for
+ bootloaders which cannot read the ELF format. This places
+ a jump to start_kernel at the load address.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+
+
endmenu
config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
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2009-10-12 9:31 ` Mark A. Miller [this message]
2009-10-12 17:51 ` Rob Landley
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