[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 07/35] Make LOAD_OFFSET defined by subarch

[Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Wright wrote:
> Change LOAD_OFFSET so that the kernel has virtual addresses in the elf header 
> fields.
>
> Unlike bare metal kernels, Xen kernels start with virtual address
> management turned on and thus the addresses to load to should be
> virtual addresses.
This patch interferes with using a traditional bootloader.  The loader 
for Xen should be smarter - it already has VIRT_BASE from the xen_guest 
section, and can simply add the relocation to these header fields.  This 
is unnecessary, and one of the many reasons a Xen kernel can't run in a 
normal environment.
Zach

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