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    SubjectRe: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage
    Eric W. Biederman wrote:
    >
    > The boot protocol change is in 2.6.21 for arch/i386.
    >
    > HPA looked at it a while ago.
    >
    > All it does is set a flag that tells a bootloader.
    > "Hey. I can run when loaded a non-default address, and this is what
    > you have to align me to."
    >
    > All relocation processing happens in the kernel itself.
    >
    > So it is all pretty trivial.
    >

    Indeed. We *did* find some problems with Grub with the early versions,
    those were addressed.

    -hpa
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