Re: [RFC] ELF Relocatable x86 and x86_64 bzImages

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Horms wrote:

I also agree that it is non-intitive. But I wonder if a cleaner
fix would be to remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START all together. Isn't
it just a work around for the kernel not being relocatable, or
are there uses for it that relocation can't replace?


Yes, booting with the 2^n existing bootloaders.

Relocation, as far as I've understood this patch, refers to loaded address, not runtime address.

	-hpa
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