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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 02/31] arm64: Kernel booting and initialisation
    * Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> [120814 11:00]:
    > +3. Decompress the kernel image
    > +------------------------------
    > +
    > +Requirement: OPTIONAL
    > +
    > +The AArch64 kernel does not provide a decompressor and therefore
    > +requires gzip decompression to be performed by the boot loader if the
    > +default Image.gz target is used. For bootloaders that do not implement
    > +this requirement, the larger Image target is available instead.

    Maybe add something here about why AArch64 does not provide a
    decompressor? That's something everybody will wonder while reading
    this part.

    > +- Caches, MMUs
    > + The MMU must be off.
    > + Instruction cache may be on or off.
    > + Data cache must be off and invalidated.

    External caches must be configured by bootloader but set to disabled
    state?

    Other than that:

    Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>


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