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Gerald Champagne wrote:
> Is this worth changing in cvs, or did I miss something?

Embed your kernel in your own bootloader, load the bootloader from fixed
addr. In the bootloader move the kernel at any location you want and
jump to the kernel entry. The kernel entry is known at compile time, so
you can teach the bootloader. This way you won't disturb others.

Regards,
Gleb.