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    SubjectRe: [RFC] ELF Relocatable x86 and x86_64 bzImages
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    "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

    > Vivek Goyal wrote:
    >> Hi Eric,
    >> Can't we use the x86_64 relocation approach for i386 as well? I mean keep
    >> the virtual address space fixed and updating the page tables. This would
    >> help in the sense that you don't have to change gdb if somebody decides to
    >> debug the relocated kernel.
    >> Any such tool that retrieves the symbol virtual address from vmlinux will
    >> be confused.
    >>
    >
    > I don't think this is practical given the virtual space constraints on i386
    > systems.

    Exactly.

    Plus it is a lot of dangerous work. Processing is a lot more
    conservative.

    Eric
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