linux-kernel - Re: [patch 16/21] Xen-paravirt: Add code into head.S to handle being booted by Xen

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Date:	Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:42:45 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 16/21] Xen-paravirt: Add code into head.S to handle being
 booted by Xen

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> writes:
>
> There need to be alignment directives for the page aligned chunks.
>   

OK.

> Placing the page aligned chunks in a special section is nice in that
> it ensures the linker packs everything tightly but should be
> completely unnecessary if the alignment is correct.
>   
Yes, I made the extra section to get better packing.

    J
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