linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix lguest bzImage loading with CONFIG

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Message-ID: <p73wswmqg4o.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	27 Jul 2007 12:45:43 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lguest <lguest@...abs.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix lguest bzImage loading with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y

Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> writes:

> Jason Yeh sent his crashing .config: bzImages made with
> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y put the relocs where the BSS is expected, and we
> crash with unusual results such as:

The normal kernel startup should already clear BSS. Why does
this not work here? Can it be fixed?

-Andi
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