From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1GnnmK-0005nc-VR for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:00:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnnmI-0005mY-SK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:00:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnnmI-0005m5-H5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:00:30 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnnmI-0005m2-7t for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:00:30 -0500 Received: from [212.85.152.101] (helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GnnmH-0007kU-EK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:00:29 -0500 Received: from kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com (kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com [212.85.152.101]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6C1C3C79B06A for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:49:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from [??1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782963C79B067 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:49:58 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:00:28 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <1163545104.12931.49.camel@basalt> <200611152137.27912.okuji@enbug.org> <1163634117.455ba5c54cab9@imp8-g19.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <1163634117.455ba5c54cab9@imp8-g19.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611250400.28366.okuji@enbug.org> X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000085, version=0.17.2 Subject: Re: multiboot2: make multiboot header optional 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: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:00:31 -0000 On Thursday 16 November 2006 00:41, tgingold@free.fr wrote: > BTW, on ia64 8192 is too small. Linux and Xen put the ivt (interrupt > vector table) at the head of the file because it has the largest alignment > requirement (32Kb). I am not sure there is a big enough hole in the ivt. > And Xen has two ivt (-> 64kB). > However both Linux and Xen use the ELF format. I fail to see why. Why is it necessary to put the table _physically_ at the head? Okuji