Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH][RFC] x86_64: Reload CS when startup_64 is used. | Date | Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:04:03 +0200 |
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On Monday 21 August 2006 16:46, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 04:24:10PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > Given the idea of relocatable kernel is floating around I would prefer if > > > we are not bounded by the restriction of loading a kernel in lowest 4G. > > > > There is already other code that requires this. In fact i don't think it can > > be above 40MB currently. > > > > But I think Eric's prototype patches for relocatable kernel do get over > this limitation (Hope I understood the code right). Assuming that relocatable > kernel patches will be merged down the line, it would be nice not to be > bound by 4G limitation.
He may have fixed the 40MB issue, but I very much doubt he changed the 2GB limitation because that would be a major change.
-Andi
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