Re: [regression?] 2.6.26 floppy boot failure with kernel packed using'upx'

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 09:51:36 EST


Frans Pop wrote:

So, the primairy question here is:
- is this a kernel regression because whatever changed is no longer valid
conform "kernel format specs", or
- is this a latent issue in upx that somehow creates an invalid image, or
- does this change effectively create a new "type" of image that upx
just doesn't yet know how to handle correctly?


Sounds to me like UPX makes assumptions about the kernel image format that it really doesn't have standing to assume.

-hpa
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