On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 06:06:38PM -0500, Milton Miller wrote:
> Allow the boot wrapper code to be linked without an attached vmlinux.
>
> Rather than invent a new syntax to invoke the wrapper, attach the
> stripped version of empty.o, which produces the same result.
Aiee. Please don't do that. Add a new wrapper option so the vmlinux
is optional instead.
Particularly since...
> Index: kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> ===================================================================
> --- kernel.orig/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper 2007-09-17 22:11:51.000000000
> -0500
> +++ kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper 2007-09-17 22:12:05.000000000 -0500
> @@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ ps3)
> ;;
> esac
>
> +if [ "$kernel" = $object/empty.o ] ; then
> + ext=bin
> + objflags="-O binary"
> + gzip=
> +fi
Making the vmlinux empty.o *isn't* just a matter of doing that but
also has other side effects as above.
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