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[Xen-devel] x86: Support loading Linux bzImage v2.08 and up.

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] x86: Support loading Linux bzImage v2.08 and up.
From: Ian Campbell <ijc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:42:37 +0100
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The latest -mm kernel (2.6.25-rc3-mm1) contains v2.08 of the Linux
bzImage format which embeds an ELF file in place of the raw payload
allowing it to be extracted and used by the Xen domain builder.

It is expected that this functionality will be put forward for 2.6.26.

Signed-off-by : Ian Campbell <ijc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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