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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 03/10] define ELF notes for adding to a boot imag

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 03/10] define ELF notes for adding to a boot image
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:18:30 -0700
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:40:31 -0700
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >   
> >> +#define EIN_PROGRAM_CHECKSUM      3 /* ip style checksum of the memory 
> >> image. */
> >>     
> >
> > Why on earth use one of the weakest verificants in common use?
> 
> I don't know.  I copied this stuff from the original relocatable kernel
> patches; I think this is from Vivek.  Eric, Vivek: is there a specific
> use for these notes?
> 

ping?


Jeremy, I'll duck these patches for now, sorry.  Mainly on
i-already-have-enough-x86-stuff grounds.

There's a bit of overlap between this work and git-newsetup, but nothing
particularly serious-looking.


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