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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen: arm: Update arm64 image header



On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:59:19AM +0200, Dirk Behme wrote:
> With the Linux kernel commits
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt?id=4370eec05a887b0cd4392cd5dc5b2713174745c0
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt?id=a2c1d73b94ed49f5fac12e95052d7b140783f800
> 
> the arm64 image header changed. While the size of the header isn't changed,
> some members have changed their usage.
> 
> Update Xen to this updated image header.
> 
> The main changes are that the first magic is gone and that there is an
> image size, now.
> 
> In case we read a size != 0, let's use this image size, now. This does
> allow us to check if the kernel Image is larger than the size given in
> the device tree, too.
> 
> Additionally, add an error message if the magic is not found. This might
> be the case with kernel's < 3.12 prior to

Don't you want to still check for those kernels and use them?

Thanks.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4370eec05a887b0cd4392cd5dc5b2713174745c0

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