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The init_size description of boot protocol has an example of the runtime start address for the compressed bzImage. For non-relocatable kernel it relies on the pref_address value (if not 0), but for relocatable case only pays respect to the load_addres and kernel_alignment, and it is inaccurate for the latter. Boot loader must consider the pref_address as the Linux kernel relocates to it before being decompressed as nicely described in this commit message a year ago:43b1d3e68e("kexec: Allocate kernel above bzImage's pref_address") Due to this documentation inaccuracy some of the bootloaders (*) made a mistake in the calculations and if kernel image is big enough, this may lead to unbootable configurations. *) In particular, kexec-tools missed that and resently got a couple of changes which will be part of v2.0.30 release. For the record, commit43b1d3e68eonly fixed the kernel kexec implementation and also missed to update the init_size description. While at it, make an example C-like looking as it's done elsewhere in the document and fix indentation as presribed by the reStructuredText specifications, so the syntax highliting will work properly. Fixes:43b1d3e68e("kexec: Allocate kernel above bzImage's pref_address") Fixes:d297366ba6("x86: document new bzImage fields") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241125105005.1616154-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com