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[linuxsh-dev] arch/sh/boot/compressed

[NIIBE Y. <gn...@ch...>]

I'll add files for compressed kernel.  The work has been done by
Stuart Menefy.  Files are based on his, I took them from:
	ftp.uk.linux.org:/pub/superh/linux-2.2.13-shpatch-0.03.gz

But I've not got success building it.  I'll commit this soon.
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Re: [linuxsh-dev] arch/sh/boot/compressed

[Stuart M. <Stu...@st...>]

Niibe

> I'll add files for compressed kernel.  The work has been done by
> Stuart Menefy.  Files are based on his, I took them from:
> 	ftp.uk.linux.org:/pub/superh/linux-2.2.13-shpatch-0.03.gz
> 
> But I've not got success building it.  I'll commit this soon.

This was written using binutils 2.9.1 (which is also available from the
FTP site!). I've tried later versions of binutils, and also had
problems. The support for the binary object file format appeared to be
broken, or at least changed in some incompatible way, and I've not
had a chance to chase this down.

Stuart

Re: [linuxsh-dev] arch/sh/boot/compressed

[NIIBE Y. <gn...@ch...>]

Stuart Menefy wrote:
 > The support for the binary object file format appeared to be
 > broken, or at least changed in some incompatible way, and I've not
 > had a chance to chase this down.

OK, I've found that.  Following patch enables binutils works again
for building zImage, I believe.

--- bfd/elf32-sh.c	2000/05/15 23:10:59	1.11
+++ bfd/elf32-sh.c	2000/05/22 03:27:00
@@ -2334,7 +4342,8 @@
 {
   flagword old_flags, new_flags;
 
-  if (_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (ibfd, obfd) == false)
+  if (ibfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN
+      && _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (ibfd, obfd) == false)
     return false;
 
   if (   bfd_get_flavour (ibfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour