3 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 68c918362b79..76a50ecae1c3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ZTEXTADDR	:= 0
 ZBSSADDR	:= ALIGN(8)
 endif
 
-SEDFLAGS	= s/TEXT_START/$(ZTEXTADDR)/;s/BSS_START/$(ZBSSADDR)/
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DTEXT_START="$(ZTEXTADDR)" -DBSS_START="$(ZBSSADDR)"
 
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP) = gzip
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO)  = lzo
@@ -199,8 +199,5 @@ CFLAGS_font.o := -Dstatic=
 $(obj)/font.c: $(FONTC)
 	$(call cmd,shipped)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.lds: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds.in arch/arm/boot/Makefile $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
-	@sed "$(SEDFLAGS)" < $< > $@
-
 $(obj)/hyp-stub.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/hyp-stub.S
 	$(call cmd,shipped)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 3a8b32df6b31..413fd94b5301 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ start:
  THUMB(		adr	r12, BSYM(1f)	)
  THUMB(		bx	r12		)
 
-		.word	0x016f2818		@ Magic numbers to help the loader
-		.word	start			@ absolute load/run zImage address
-		.word	_edata			@ zImage end address
+		.word	_magic_sig	@ Magic numbers to help the loader
+		.word	_magic_start	@ absolute load/run zImage address
+		.word	_magic_end	@ zImage end address
+		.word	0x04030201	@ endianness flag
+
  THUMB(		.thumb			)
 1:
  ARM_BE8(	setend	be )			@ go BE8 if compiled for BE8
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4919f2ac8b89..2b60b843ac5e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 /*
- *  linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
- *
  *  Copyright (C) 2000 Russell King
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
+#define ZIMAGE_MAGIC(x) ( (((x) >> 24) & 0x000000ff) | \
+			  (((x) >>  8) & 0x0000ff00) | \
+			  (((x) <<  8) & 0x00ff0000) | \
+			  (((x) << 24) & 0xff000000) )
+#else
+#define ZIMAGE_MAGIC(x) (x)
+#endif
+
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(_start)
 SECTIONS
@@ -57,6 +65,10 @@ SECTIONS
   .pad			: { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
   _edata = .;
 
+  _magic_sig = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(0x016f2818);
+  _magic_start = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_start);
+  _magic_end = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_edata);
+
   . = BSS_START;
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss			: { *(.bss) }
@@ -73,4 +85,3 @@ SECTIONS
   .stab.indexstr 0	: { *(.stab.indexstr) }
   .comment 0		: { *(.comment) }
 }
-