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Message-ID: <ZWEL9r5nqyRSfB-t@creeky> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 09:47:50 +1300 From: Michael Cree <mcree@...on.net.nz> To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> Cc: Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@...onical.com>, Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>, Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] remove the last bits of a.out support On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:00:15AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@...onical.com> writes: > If it is old code like aboot it may be that it is > difficult to test any changes. If memory serves you have to flash your > firmware to change/test aboot. No, aboot is written to the first sectors of the boot disk. Yes, there is a special utilty in the aboot tools to write aboot to the boot sectors and make sure that there is no overlap with the first partition. Cheers Michael.
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