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SubjectRe: Re : [PATCH] Compressed ia32 ELF file generation for loading by Gujin 1/3
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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