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linux/arch/x86/boot
H. Peter Anvin 5e47c478b0 x86: remove zImage support
Impact: obsolete feature removal

The zImage kernel format has been functionally unused for a very long
time.  It is just barely possible to build a modern kernel that still
fits within the zImage size limit, but it is highly unlikely that
anyone ever uses it.  Furthermore, although it is still supported by
most bootloaders, it has been at best poorly tested (or not tested at
all); some bootloaders are even known to not support zImage at all and
not having even noticed.

Also remove some really obsolete constants that no longer have any
meaning.

LKML-Reference: <49B703D4.1000008@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
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compressed Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/fixmap', 'x86/mm', 'x86/sched', 'x86/setup-lzma', 'x86/signal' and 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-03-04 02:22:31 +01:00
tools x86: remove zImage support 2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
.gitignore
a20.c x86: remove the Voyager 32-bit subarch 2009-02-23 00:54:01 +01:00
apm.c
bitops.h
boot.h x86: remove the Voyager 32-bit subarch 2009-02-23 00:54:01 +01:00
cmdline.c
code16gcc.h
copy.S x86: copy.S - use GLOBAL,ENDPROC macros 2009-02-19 17:13:00 +01:00
cpu.c x86 setup: handle more than 8 CPU flag words 2008-09-16 15:09:26 -07:00
cpucheck.c x86: boot: stub out unimplemented CPU feature words 2008-09-05 16:13:44 -07:00
edd.c Revert "x86: fix ghost EDD devices in /sys again" 2008-10-03 10:22:33 -07:00
header.S x86: remove zImage support 2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
install.sh
main.c x86: remove the Voyager 32-bit subarch 2009-02-23 00:54:01 +01:00
Makefile x86: remove zImage support 2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
mca.c
memory.c x86: fix build warnings in real mode code 2008-08-18 09:20:14 +02:00
mkcpustr.c x86 setup: handle more than 8 CPU flag words 2008-09-16 15:09:26 -07:00
mtools.conf.in
pm.c x86: remove zImage support 2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
pmjump.S x86: pmjump - use GLOBAL,ENDPROC macros 2009-02-19 17:13:00 +01:00
printf.c x86: boot/printfc use NULL instead 0 2008-05-25 08:58:25 +02:00
setup.ld
string.c
tty.c x86: use limited register constraint for setnz 2008-11-25 15:38:03 +01:00
version.c
vesa.h
video-bios.c x86: make variables static 2008-10-22 07:31:28 +02:00
video-mode.c
video-vesa.c x86 setup: fix asm constraints in vesa_store_edid 2009-01-30 23:55:25 +01:00
video-vga.c x86: boot - fix sparse warnings 2008-11-23 19:58:58 +01:00
video.c x86: boot - fix sparse warnings 2008-11-23 19:58:58 +01:00
video.h