Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:50:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:50:08 -0500 Received: from quark.didntduck.org ([216.43.55.190]:24331 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:49:51 -0500 Message-ID: <3C7419F7.A441CAFC@didntduck.org> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:49:43 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Yan CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: initialize page tables -- Re: paging question In-Reply-To: <20020220213724.SKHN4996.tomts12-srv.bellnexxia.net@abc337> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jason Yan wrote: > > Thank you all. > > OK. I got it. and, > > Is the linker who set the beginning virtual address as 0xc0100000 ? Is it a must? When and where? at the time "make bzImage" ? If it's not a BIG kernel, is the magic number still 0xc0100000 ? It's set in vmlinux.lds, and is the same for all kernels unless patched to change the user:kernel vm split. -- Brian Gerst - 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/