Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:32:23 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] ELF Relocatable x86 and x86_64 bzImages |
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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.
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