Re: [PATCH v2 02/31] arm64: Kernel booting and initialisation
From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Date: 2012-08-17 08:56:48
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From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Date: 2012-08-17 08:56:48
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, lkml
* Catalin Marinas [off-list ref] [120814 11:00]:
+3. Decompress the kernel image +------------------------------ + +Requirement: OPTIONAL + +The AArch64 kernel does not provide a decompressor and therefore +requires gzip decompression to be performed by the boot loader if the +default Image.gz target is used. For bootloaders that do not implement +this requirement, the larger Image target is available instead.
Maybe add something here about why AArch64 does not provide a decompressor? That's something everybody will wonder while reading this part.
+- Caches, MMUs + The MMU must be off. + Instruction cache may be on or off. + Data cache must be off and invalidated.
External caches must be configured by bootloader but set to disabled state? Other than that: Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>