From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1fSKok-0007EH-9m for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:16:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34258) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSKoi-0007Dy-1Y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:16:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSKoe-0004oB-P0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:16:56 -0400 Received: from userp2120.oracle.com ([156.151.31.85]:60358) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSKoe-0004mP-FG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:16:52 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (userp2120.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp2120.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w5BBFli4177565; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:47 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=date : from : to : cc : subject : message-id : references : mime-version : content-type : content-transfer-encoding : in-reply-to; s=corp-2017-10-26; bh=SvFotofmXWXhSHspse/8OwL2EYYSKHo70oYnYN7ifaI=; b=PTJgRxb2LTNPnFsk45cqNyeBtpl16wofyL0IwUSe7ZV135MQC7HA0RJXpQQZc504deaX 2LWhVOED4D2CbRdsBvF23Yk0dInA6T2AzPrUxvgMJlrh5cf8f6gP5Kbp6I5kH+H8SIAX V6XzYjXaN0QtXkQ52dHp0Pfg9PWyxifeG6JP/bHNHBoWZcODtqWmc20TNLYgKlFvnwQ8 /Hc5DXIwBr3f1BF4tVkDMfGqxXGmUmOD90nwAthddu/3Red6dcxG6A53P3wkttcEocyh DD5Bi4umPA9/jmN6aBoPmJdKSlCx0IMjATLD9vVMtBQPXYrxrLBa2CZz0oFBsyYuZzUX bA== Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp2120.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2jg7hwvscq-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:47 +0000 Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w5BBGlgP022670 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:47 GMT Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w5BBGk54012385; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:46 GMT Received: from olila.local.net-space.pl (/10.175.160.72) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 04:16:46 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:16:42 +0200 From: Daniel Kiper To: Roger Pau =?iso-8859-1?Q?Monn=E9?= Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] multiboot2: clarify usage of the address tag Message-ID: <20180611111642.GF20016@olila.local.net-space.pl> References: <20180607155906.14304-1-roger.pau@citrix.com> <20180608093552.GA20016@olila.local.net-space.pl> <20180608100822.ignnluc6ampugw6z@mac> <20180608103928.GB20016@olila.local.net-space.pl> <20180611093016.inercsjo5rug5yrw@mac> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180611093016.inercsjo5rug5yrw@mac> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=8920 signatures=668702 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=809 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1805220000 definitions=main-1806110135 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by userp2120.oracle.com id w5BBFli4177565 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.85 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:57 -0000 On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:30:16AM +0200, Roger Pau Monn=E9 wrote: [...] > I think the following is clear enough: > > "Note: This information does not need to be provided if the kernel imag= e is in > @sc{elf} format, but it must be provided if the image is in a.out forma= t or in > some other format. When the address tag is present it must be used in o= rder to > load the image, regardless of whether an @sc{elf} header is also presen= t. > Compliant boot loaders must be able to load images that are either in @= sc{elf} > format or contain the address tag embedded in the Multiboot2 header." LGTM. Thanks! Daniel