From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 02:25:26 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=72bf0bce411d9df0935eb77256604212de8f89cc;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git

ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size

This is needed for proper alignment when the DTB appending feature
is used.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Tested-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index 4e728834a1b..4919f2ac8b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _got_start = .;
   .got			: { *(.got) }
   _got_end = .;
+
+  /* ensure the zImage file size is always a multiple of 64 bits */
+  /* (without a dummy byte, ld just ignores the empty section) */
+  .pad			: { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
   _edata = .;
 
   . = BSS_START;