H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I don't know if that would break any programs that are currently
> bypassing the setup. The existing setup protocol definitely allows
> invoking an entry point which isn't 0x100000 (rather, the 32-bit
> entrypoint is defined by code32_start); I'm not sure how Eric's
> relocatable kernel patches (2.05 protocol) affect that, mostly because I
> haven't seen any boot loaders which actually use it so I can't comment
> on what their code looks like.
Yes, I'd expect that code32_start would point into the ELF text
segment. You could align things so that the entrypoint is still
actually 0x100000, or bump it up a bit to fit the ELF headers. I have
to admit I don't quite understand how all that fits together at the moment.
J
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