From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
Cc: Cort Dougan <cort@fsmlabs.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, paulus@linuxcare.com
Subject: Re: bootloader & head.S weirdness
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:50:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <383A716F.D020496C@fadata.bg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 19991123113504.011766@mailhost.mipsys.com
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 1999, Cort Dougan <cort@fsmlabs.com> wrote:
>
> >CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
> >----------
> >Not always. Keep in mind we have several machine types that follow the
> >same patch there. We don't always enter with OF and OF doesn't always give
> >1:1 mappings, either.
>
> Yes, I agree. but I beleive the piece of bootloader appended to the head
> of the kernel image or the early bootloader used (quik ?) should take
> care of those very weird case and of mapping the kernel 1:1 before
> entering it.
Please, excuse my ignorance, but why not just set real-mode OF variable
to true (maybe in the ELF .note section) ?
Regards,
-velco
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prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-11-23 10:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-22 11:04 bootloader & head.S weirdness Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-11-22 21:37 ` Cort Dougan
1999-11-22 23:17 ` bootloader & head.S weirdness & restructuring Christian Zankel
1999-11-22 23:55 ` Cort Dougan
1999-11-23 3:31 ` Christian Zankel
1999-11-23 3:40 ` Cort Dougan
1999-11-23 6:37 ` Dan Malek
1999-11-23 18:22 ` Christian Zankel
1999-11-23 20:20 ` Dan Malek
1999-11-25 17:13 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-11-25 19:49 ` Dan Malek
1999-11-26 9:06 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-11-26 9:42 ` Michael Schmitz
1999-11-26 12:06 ` Wolfgang Denk
1999-11-28 22:41 ` Dan Malek
1999-11-29 7:12 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-11-23 16:12 ` Michael Schmitz
1999-11-23 16:17 ` David Edelsohn
1999-11-23 17:46 ` Cort Dougan
1999-11-23 16:15 ` Gabriel Paubert
1999-11-23 16:52 ` Marcus Sundberg
1999-11-23 17:01 ` Gabriel Paubert
1999-11-23 17:45 ` Cort Dougan
1999-11-23 10:35 ` bootloader & head.S weirdness Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-11-23 10:50 ` Momchil Velikov [this message]
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