Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > I'm not sure I fully understand the mechanism you're proposing. You > have the 16-bit setup code, the 32-bit decompressor, and an ELF.gz. Once > the decompressor has extracted the actual ELF file, are you proposing > that it properly parse the ELF file and follow its instuctions to put > the segments in the appropriate places, or are you assuming that the > decompressor can just skip that part and plonk the ELF file where it wants? > > In other words, do you see the Phdrs as being descriptive or prescriptive? > I was thinking prescriptive, having the decompressor read the output stream and interpret it as ELF. I guess a descriptive approach could be made to work, too (I haven't really thought about that avenue of approach), but the prescriptive model seems more powerful, at least to me. -hpa _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
