From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ELF entry point (i386)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:16:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <440C363F.8000503@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1bqwkc0l1.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> We load the kernel at physical addresses and we enter
> the kernel at a physical address. Even the entry point
> expects that.
>
> Is there some reason you think the entry point is virtual?
Elf specs say so. The paragraph in question mentions processes not OS
kernels though ...
cheers,
Gerd
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-06 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-22 11:09 Gerd Hoffmann
2006-03-05 16:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-03-06 13:16 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2006-03-06 19:11 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-03-07 13:41 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2006-03-07 17:55 ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-03-10 9:58 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2006-05-11 13:05 ` Gerd Hoffmann
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