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Re: Bug#870185: armel/marvell kernel size



On Sun, 2017-08-20 at 02:35 +0900, Roger Shimizu wrote:
> 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.

Some things to check:

- If you build 4.10 with the config used for 4.11 (whichever is the
first larger one), is the size 5 MB or 8 MB?

- If not, try bisecting the upstream source to find a jump in size.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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                                                       - Robert Coveyou

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