Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932233AbWCFNPr (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:15:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932214AbWCFNPr (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:15:47 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:63878 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932233AbWCFNPq (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:15:46 -0500 Message-ID: <440C363F.8000503@suse.de> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:16:47 +0100 From: Gerd Hoffmann User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ELF entry point (i386) References: <43FC4682.6050803@suse.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 24 Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > We load the kernel at physical addresses and we enter > the kernel at a physical address. Even the entry point > expects that. > > Is there some reason you think the entry point is virtual? Elf specs say so. The paragraph in question mentions processes not OS kernels though ... cheers, Gerd -- Gerd 'just married' Hoffmann I'm the hacker formerly known as Gerd Knorr. http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/just-married.jpeg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/