linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImage and ramdisk high

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Message-ID: <50AE8914.1020507@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:20:36 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImage
 and ramdisk high

On 11/22/2012 12:18 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
 >
> for kexec bzImage --real-mode-entry, code after setup_header will be executed.
>

For real mode entry we go through the real mode path which takes care of 
this.  What matters is the 32/64-bit entry point.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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