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* loader modules jumping back to kernel
@ 2008-07-19 23:06 Robert Millan
  2008-07-20  3:26 ` Bean
  2008-07-20  9:09 ` Yoshinori K. Okuji
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Robert Millan @ 2008-07-19 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: grub-devel


Anyone recalls the reason our loaders had to jump back to kernel (startup.S) to
do the final part of the load?

IIRC this causes trouble when the loadee chose an address that precisely
overwrites the loader, which is garanteed to happen when GRUB is loading
itself, AFAICT.

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2008-07-19 23:06 loader modules jumping back to kernel Robert Millan
2008-07-20  3:26 ` Bean
2008-07-20  9:09 ` Yoshinori K. Okuji
2008-07-27 21:39   ` Robert Millan
2008-07-30 19:15     ` loadee relocation (Re: loader modules jumping back to kernel) Robert Millan
2008-07-31 23:45       ` Robert Millan
2008-08-01 16:16         ` Robert Millan
2008-08-01 22:45           ` Robert Millan
2008-08-02 12:11             ` Robert Millan

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