linux-kernel - Re: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage

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Message-ID: <4636F45A.50003@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 01 May 2007 01:03:38 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, patches@...-64.org,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for
 relocatable bzImage

Rusty Russell wrote:
> Well there aren't that many instructions between startup_32 and
> lguest_init at the moment, but I guess if we end up going through
> bzImage decompression it makes more sense...

Yes, that's what I was thinking.  If we boot compressed kernels in a
novel environment, there's going to be plenty of early debugging going
on.  Fortunately for me, I can just start it up under gdb, so it isn't
all that arduous.

    J

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