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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage
Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
>
>
> o Extend the bzImage protocol (same as i386) to allow bzImage loaders to
> load the protected mode kernel at non-1MB address. Now protected mode
> component is relocatable and can be loaded at non-1MB addresses.
>
> o As of today kdump uses it to run a second kernel from a reserved memory
> area.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

Can you point to / link to threads where the bootloader folks looked
over the reloc changes from their side, and commented?

Jeff



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