Messages in this thread |  | | From | davej@suse ... | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 03:30:14 +0000 (GMT) | Subject | Re: Installing kernel 2.4 |
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> > > Detecting the CPU isn't the issue (we already do all this), it's what to > > > do when you've figured out what the CPU is. Show me code that can > > > dynamically adjust the alignment of the routines/variables/structs > > > dependant upon cacheline size. > > ftp.timpanogas.org/manos/manos0817.tar.gz > > Look in the PE loader
The last time I looked at your code, I stopped reading after I got to a comment mentioning trade secrets, and intellectual property.
> -- Microsoft's PE loader can do this since everything is RVA based. > If you want to take the loader and put it in Linux, be my guest.
Why ??
> You can even combine mutiple i86 segments all compiled under different > options (or architectures) and bundle them into a single executable file
There is nothing stopping us from doing that now, we just choose not to, as it would result in a ridiculously oversized kernel. Even if the loader threw away the non-used segments, I don't think anyone can justify an on-disk kernel image containing mostly code they never execute.
regards,
Davej.
-- | Dave Jones <davej@suse.de> http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
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