Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 26 Oct 2002 03:24:16 -0600 |
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Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> writes:
> At 11:20 PM 10/25/2002 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> writes: > > > > > I went back and double-checked my loadlin version, and it turned out I was > > > actually using 1.6a due to a fat finger. Version 1.6c booted fine (only one > > > > kernel tested) without Eric's help. 1.6a definitely needs Eric's help to > > boot. > > > >Darn. I guess the arguments for my patch may not be quite as good, > >but I still think it may be worth while. > > Well, cleanup is always a pretty fine argument. Since there only seem to be two > > of us loadlin users, you probably didn't loose much argument wise ;-) The other > > loadlin user reported failure at .38, so maybe your patch is needed sometimes > even with loadlin-1.6c. (other loadlin user listening?)
Robert thanks for your reply.
I just looked at what the loadlin 1.6c code does, and it's heuristic is just slightly more reliable. It assumes %ds is %cs+8.... That happens to work but there is nothing in the kernel keeping that from being broken. So in practice it looks to be worthwhile to stabilize this interface. So loadlin, and other bootloaders can work by design and not by chance.
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