linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] Clear .bss for VP guests

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:38:45 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	andrew.cooper3@...rix.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mcgrof@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] Clear .bss for VP guests

On 02/26/2016 10:26 AM, David Vrabel wrote:
>
> The tools support loading bzImages, not just ELF images.

We load them as ELF images though, I believe, after uncompressing. E.g.:

static int xc_dom_load_bzimage_kernel(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
{
     return elf_loader.loader(dom);
}


-boris