[PATCH 5/33] i386 Kconfig: Add a range definition to config PHYSICAL_START

The kernels physical start address must fall in the first 1GB on i386.
This just adds a small range definition to enforce that.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[email protected]>
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 arch/i386/Kconfig |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index daa75ce..062fa01 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ config PHYSICAL_START
 
 	default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP
 	default "0x100000"
+	range 0x100000 0x37c00000
 	help
 	  This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally
 	  for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case
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1.4.2.rc2.g5209e

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