lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Aug]   [8]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateMon, 07 Aug 2006 21:32:23 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] ELF Relocatable x86 and x86_64 bzImages
Horms wrote:
> 
> I also agree that it is non-intitive. But I wonder if a cleaner
> fix would be to remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START all together. Isn't
> it just a work around for the kernel not being relocatable, or
> are there uses for it that relocation can't replace?
> 

Yes, booting with the 2^n existing bootloaders.

Relocation, as far as I've understood this patch, refers to loaded 
address, not runtime address.

	-hpa
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2006-08-08 06:35    [from the cache]
©2003-2008