Re: [PATCH] Make the bzImage format self-terminating

[Frank Sorenson <frank@tuxrocks.com>]

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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I'm proposing the attached patch to replace Frank Sorenson's
> i386-buildc-write-out-larger-system-size-to-bootsector patch currently
> in -mm.  The goal (presumably) is to make the bzImage format
> self-terminating.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

Looks good to me.  Using the 2 additional bytes allows the header to
contain the full system size for a very long time, and your patch
includes documentation and x86_64.

Frank
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Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK
Systems Manager, Computer Science Department
Brigham Young University
frank@tuxrocks.com
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