Re: [PATCH] linux-custom: Fix decompressed kernel name for arm64

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 25.01.21 13:51, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
> 25.01.2021 15:32, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 22.01.21 18:13, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
>>> We are performing gunzip from vmlinuz on arm64, so output should have
>>> correct naming.
>>>
>> What's the practical impact of this change? How did you notice it? Can
>> anything break that expected the old incorrect name?
>>
>> Jan
> 
> I've noticed that when building custom kernel for imx8 (which is arm64)
> on one of the private projects. Naming decompressed image as compressed
> one cause bootloader configuring issues and general misunderstanding.
> Moreover, the same logic is already fixed for riscv, so arm64 also
> should work in the same way.
> All additional logic assuming incorrect name should be fixed of course.
> 

We have tons of arm64 systems out there, that's why I'm asking
cautiously. If you can't specify the impact, whether if it requires a
RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG entry e.g., I guess we need to test it...

Jan

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