From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MISOz-0008Bt-Sg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MISOx-0008Bd-Qn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MISOt-0008Aj-CV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49219 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MISOt-0008Af-52 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:23 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:9875) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MISOs-0004zF-HA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:22 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 21 Jun 2009 15:08:21 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 544CA34C6A for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:14:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090621185009.GB21495@thorin> References: <20090621181748.GA21152@thorin> <20090621185009.GB21495@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:19 -0400 Message-Id: <1245611299.4250.13.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: does module area require alignment? (Re: [PATCH] i386-qemu port) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:08:28 -0000 On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 20:50 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Does anyone know why do we align ELF targets? When I did the coreboot port, > the ELF part was based on existing Ieee1275 code, so I guess I just mimicked > it. Is there some issue with non-i386 CPUs or with some Ieee1275 > implementations that makes this alignment a requirement? It was a hack for PowerPC openfirmware. I don't know why it was needed. I didn't have time and desire to debug openfirmware to find out what it wants. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin