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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] MIPS: Truncate link address into 32bit for 32bit kernel
    On Mon, 13 Apr 2020, Jiaxun Yang wrote:

    > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
    > > > b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index a5f00ec73ea6..5226cd8e4bee
    > > > 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
    > > > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
    > > > @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SECTIONS
    > > > /* . = 0xa800000000300000; */
    > > > . = 0xffffffff80300000;
    > > > #endif
    > > > - . = VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS;
    > > > + . = VMLINUX_LINK_ADDRESS;
    > >
    > > The CONFIG_BOOT_ELF64 cruft right above it looks interesting to me,
    > > never have ever been used. We have had the current arrangement since:
    >
    > It confused me either.
    > It's only used by SGI so probably it's time to rename it as
    > BOOT_SEG_ELF64.

    Well, as seen above the first assignment is immediately overridden by the
    second and the rest of the conditional are comments. So as I say it's not
    used ever, not even any SGI configuration, and from Git history it looks
    like it has never been.

    Maciej


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