Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030516AbWHUOra (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:47:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030517AbWHUOra (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:47:30 -0400 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:30648 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030516AbWHUOr3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:47:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:46:57 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal To: Andi Kleen Cc: Magnus Damm , Magnus Damm , fastboot@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH][RFC] x86_64: Reload CS when startup_64 is used. Message-ID: <20060821144657.GE9549@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com References: <20060821095328.3132.40575.sendpatchset@cherry.local> <20060821141721.GA29498@in.ibm.com> <200608211624.11005.ak@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608211624.11005.ak@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 834 Lines: 22 On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 04:24:10PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Given the idea of relocatable kernel is floating around I would prefer if > > we are not bounded by the restriction of loading a kernel in lowest 4G. > > There is already other code that requires this. In fact i don't think it can > be above 40MB currently. > But I think Eric's prototype patches for relocatable kernel do get over this limitation (Hope I understood the code right). Assuming that relocatable kernel patches will be merged down the line, it would be nice not to be bound by 4G limitation. Thanks Vivek - 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/