kernel.git/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile, branch linux-2.6.19.y

[POWERPC] Don't require execute perms on wrapper when building zImage.initrd

2006-10-23T08:23:17Z

Don't require that the wrapper script be executable when building zImage.initrds. This has already been fixed for zImages. Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[POWERPC] cell: fix default zImage build target

2006-10-10T01:54:26Z

Change CONFIG_PPC_CELL to CONFIG_PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE in the powerpc boot makefile. CONFIG_PPC_CELL is used to build the generic cell processor support, and is not an indication of platform. Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[POWERPC] Fix boot wrapper invocation if CROSS_COMPILE contains spaces

2006-10-10T01:54:26Z

My CROSS_COMPILE is "ccache /opt/compilers/blah", which confuses the boot wrapper script. Quote CROSS_COMPILE and CROSS32_COMPILE so they can safely contain spaces. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[PATCH] git-powerpc: wrapper: don't require execute permissions

2006-10-04T14:55:32Z

If you lose the x bit (eg: by using patch(1)), powerpc won't build. Be defensive about it... Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Sam Ravnborg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[POWERPC] Create a "wrapper" script and use it in arch/powerpc/boot

2006-09-28T04:30:02Z

This puts the knowledge of how to create various sorts of zImage wrappers into a script called "wrapper" that could be used outside of the kernel tree. This changes arch/powerpc/boot so it first builds the files that the wrapper script needs, then runs it to create whatever flavours of zImage are required. This version does uImages as well. The zImage names are changed slightly; zImage.pseries is the one with the PT_NOTE program header entry added, and zImage.pmac is the one without. If the zImage.pseries gets made, it will also get hardlinked to zImage; otherwise, if zImage.pmac is made, it gets hardlinked to zImage. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[POWERPC] Start arch/powerpc/boot code reorganization

2006-09-20T05:09:58Z

This abstracts the operations used in the bootwrapper, and defines the operations needed for the bootwrapper to run on an OF platform. The operations have been divided up into platform ops (platform_ops), firmware ops (fw_ops), device tree ops (dt_ops), and console ops (console_ops). The proper operations will be hooked up at runtime to provide the functionality that you need. Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[POWERPC] Add -fno-stack-protector to BOOTCFLAGS in arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile.

2006-07-07T10:19:15Z

I got some undefined references to __stack_chk_fail in arch/powerpc/boot/stdio.o and arch/powerpc/boot/prom.o when I was trying to build a kernel on Ubuntu Edgy Eft - which includes Stack Smashing Protection. This patch adds -fno-stack-protector to BOOTCFLAGS in arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile (why does BOOTCFLAGS depend on HOSTCFLAGS and not CFLAGS?). Regards, Niels Kristian Bech Jensen Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[PATCH] zlib_inflate: Upgrade library code to a recent version

2006-06-22T22:05:58Z

Upgrade the zlib_inflate implementation in the kernel from a patched version 1.1.3/4 to a patched 1.2.3. The code in the kernel is about seven years old and I noticed that the external zlib library's inflate performance was significantly faster (~50%) than the code in the kernel on ARM (and faster again on x86_32). For comparison the newer deflate code is 20% slower on ARM and 50% slower on x86_32 but gives an approx 1% compression ratio improvement. I don't consider this to be an improvement for kernel use so have no plans to change the zlib_deflate code. Various changes have been made to the zlib code in the kernel, the most significant being the extra functions/flush option used by ppp_deflate. This update reimplements the features PPP needs to ensure it continues to work. This code has been tested on ARM under both JFFS2 (with zlib compression enabled) and ppp_deflate and on x86_32. JFFS2 sees an approx. 10% real world file read speed improvement. This patch also removes ZLIB_VERSION as it no longer has a correct value. We don't need version checks anyway as the kernel's module handling will take care of that for us. This removal is also more in keeping with the zlib author's wishes (http://www.zlib.net/zlib_faq.html#faq24) and I've added something to the zlib.h header to note its a modified version. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie Acked-by: Joern Engel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

powerpc/32: Generate miboot images with ARCH=powerpc

2006-01-15T02:00:08Z

Miboot images are apparently still used on some old 32-bit powermacs, so build them with ARCH=powerpc if we're 32-bit and powermac support is enabled. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

powerpc: Make COFF zImages for old 32-bit powermacs

2006-01-14T04:04:06Z

This adds code to build zImage.coff and/or zImage.initrd.coff when CONFIG_PPC32 and CONFIG_PPC_PMAC are defined. It also restructures the OF client code and adds some workarounds for OF quirks on the older machines. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras