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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 07/35] Make LOAD_OFFSET defined by
From: "Christian Limpach" <christian.limpach () gmail ! com>
Date: 2006-03-28 18:20:36
Message-ID: 3d8eece20603281020s3691322bi9b11deb902db1a87 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 3/28/06, Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 March 2006 02:49, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > Basically what the suggestion outlined: use physical address + VIRT_BAS=
E
> > instead of placing virtual addresses into the physical address fields.
> > Some discussions on that went over the list some weeks ago. Patch
> > attached for reference.
and there was no conclusion.
> > + * bug comparibility alert: old linux kernels used to have
> > + * virtual addresses in the paddr headers, whereas newer ones
> > + * (since kexec merge, around 2.6.14) correctly use physical
> > + * addresses.
>
> I can't speak for IA64, but PPC kernels still have virtual addresses in t=
he
> paddr fields. Accordingly, I would reword it like this:
> Some Linux kernels have virtual addresses in the paddr headers, a=
nd some
> correctly use physical addresses.
How is that correct? The ELF spec is quite vague on what is supposed
to be in the paddr fields...
christian
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