[coreboot] mkelfimage with CBFS?

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Sun Aug 9 22:33:20 CEST 2009


Cristi Magherusan wrote:
> if mkelfimage is still needed

I don't know.


> ELF vmlinux binary with initramfs

Yes, it's a good idea. Please try it and report if it works. Also see
http://www.coreboot.org/Initramfs


> Does it have anything to do with the multiboot specification,

No, multiboot is a separate topic.


> or why does coreboot need the ELF to be modified using the
> mkelfImage tool?

I am not sure that it does need that. Did you try using the plain
vmlinux?

Can you compare the vmlinux entry point with the entrypoint of an
mkelfImaged ELF image?


//Peter
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