On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:45 AM, horseriver <horserivers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi: > > I have built vmlinux at the top dir of kernel source ,then I use objdump to look into > its section information.I find the statup_32 which is the start routine of kernel , > locats at 0xc0100000. I know the 0x100000 is the defined address for locating > protect-mode code .But which I can not understand is the 0xc prefix .where does it come from? If my guess is right, that's because kernel mode code start at 0xc000000 a.k.a a bit above 3 GiB on x86 32 bit machine -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
