Bug#870185: armel/marvell kernel size
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-08-19 at 12:57 +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote:
>> I know for bug #870185, Robert fixed his device by modify uboot
>> params, but I guess it's still possible to keep uboot params and only
>> change the boot addresses of kernel/initrd in flash-kernel db file.
>
> In https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870185#35 I
> concluded it wasn't, perhaps I'm wrong though.
You may read my previous research:
- https://bugs.debian.org/809476#49
> Can someone confirm whether the issue is that the u-boot load addresses
> for kernel and initrd are conflicting or if it is the kernel's
> target/decompression address and u-boot's initrd address which are
> conflicting? The symptoms seem to suggest the kernel is being
> decompressed over the initrd.
The real problem is kernel size (after decompression) increased from
5MB to 8MB. (detail is in my previous post)
This looks like a bug, since usually kernel size grows gradually, not
in +3MB way this time.
Cheers,
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