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Message-ID: <m1abzjw434.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:47:27 -0700 From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Etienne Lorrain <etienne_lorrain@...oo.fr>, vgoyal@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re : [PATCH] Compressed ia32 ELF file generation for loading by Gujin 1/3 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> With ELF we get a single file format that works on multiple >> architectures and for multiple OS-s, with well understood rules. This >> allows for a broader audience who can review and maintain the code. >> In addition to the real possibility of multi-architecture or multi-os >> bootloaders. >> > > Well understood MAYBE (although the "virtual" versus "physical" address stuff in > ELF is clearly misspecified in the extreme), but they are clearly not sufficient > for presenting a well-defined entry condition. So it's not really anywhere near > as straightforward as you make it sound. About the entry condition I completely agree. The fact that the generic tools almost do what you need and then fall short is also problematic. However it still appears a reasonable approach to consider. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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