Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:06:15 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Re : [PATCH] Compressed ia32 ELF file generation for loading by Gujin 1/3 |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > With ELF we get a single file format that works on multiple > architectures and for multiple OS-s, with well understood rules. This > allows for a broader audience who can review and maintain the code. > In addition to the real possibility of multi-architecture or multi-os > bootloaders. >
Well understood MAYBE (although the "virtual" versus "physical" address stuff in ELF is clearly misspecified in the extreme), but they are clearly not sufficient for presenting a well-defined entry condition. So it's not really anywhere near as straightforward as you make it sound.
-hpa
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