Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/arm_boot.c: bump initrd address (again) to accommodate large kernels

[Cole Robinson]

On 10/07/2012 06:36 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 7 October 2012 23:27, Cole Robinson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Paul Whalen <address@hidden>
>>
>> Fedora ARM is generating kernels that exceed the hardcoded size limits:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766
>>
>> Bump the load address, as was previously done in 756ba3b
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  hw/arm_boot.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/arm_boot.c b/hw/arm_boot.c
>> index a6e9143..3cabb71 100644
>> --- a/hw/arm_boot.c
>> +++ b/hw/arm_boot.c
>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>>
>>  #define KERNEL_ARGS_ADDR 0x100
>>  #define KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR 0x00010000
>> -#define INITRD_LOAD_ADDR 0x00d00000
>> +#define INITRD_LOAD_ADDR 0x01d00000
> 
> This makes me sad but I still have no idea what we could
> do that would be better than this...
> 

Hi Peter,

I agree it's unfortunate, but in the absence of a better solution, could this
patch be applied?

Thanks,
Cole