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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH2] multiboot module support

To: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH2] multiboot module support
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:59:44 +0000
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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 08:09 +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 11/12/2009 02:44, "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Samuel Thibault, le Wed 09 Dec 2009 15:59:15 +0100, a écrit :
> >> It'd make the builder more tricky, as multiboot uses absolute
> >> physical addresses.
> > 
> > Here is a patch.
> 
> Using my metric of "which patch is way shorter, and doesn't touch
> start_info", I like the old patch rather more. :-)

I think I agree. I initially asked because I wondered what the reasons
were for the difference in layout, but Samuel's reasons seemed, well,
reasonable ;-)

This version doesn't seem too bad though.

Ian.


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