From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, sam@ravnborg.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu
Cc: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/kbuild] x86: unify arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_*.lds
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:02:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F5D70F.6070309@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tip-51b26ada79b605ed709ddcedbb6012e8f8e0ebed@git.kernel.org>
tip-bot for Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Also, notice the comment in the unified vmlinux.lds.S talks about
> "head_64" and "startup_32" which is an odd and incorrect mix, but that was
> actually what the old 64-bit only lds file had, so the confusion isn't
> new, and now that mixing is arguably more accurate thanks to the
> vmlinux.lds.S file being shared between the two cases ;)
>
It's correct, IIRC; the 64-bit code has startup_32 and startup_64, since
it is entered in 32-bit mode; startup_32 marks the entrypoint in the
beginning of the file.
hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-27 16:03 UTC|newest]
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