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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2005-11-16 13:38:21 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2005-11-16 13:52:21 +1100
commit94b212c29f685ca54b5689a8e89ac7671c43d651 (patch)
tree356266520a5ba530b2a5b77b68e90e87a2402ecb /arch/powerpc/boot/README
parent7486a38f683d49e6f8b2b9050ff06778b151a40c (diff)
powerpc: Move ppc64 boot wrapper code over to arch/powerpc
This also extends the code to handle 32-bit ELF vmlinux files as well as 64-bit ones. This is sufficient for booting on new-world 32-bit powermacs (i.e. all recent machines). Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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+To extract the kernel vmlinux, System.map, .config or initrd from the zImage binary:
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+objcopy -j .kernel:vmlinux -O binary zImage vmlinux.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:System.map -O binary zImage System.map.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:.config -O binary zImage config.gz
+objcopy -j .kernel:initrd -O binary zImage.initrd initrd.gz
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+ Peter
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