| Subject | Re: [PATCH 32/33] x86_64: Relocatable kernel support | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 01 Aug 2006 21:11:38 +0200 |
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"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> writes: > > When loaded with a normal bootloader the decompressor will decompress > the kernel to 2M and it will run there. This both ensures the > relocation code is always working, and makes it easier to use 2M > pages for the kernel and the cpu.
It would have been nicer if you had moved the uncompressor to be 64bit first like it was planned for a long time.
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