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On 02/24/11 10:13, Himanshu Chauhan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does Linux kernel for MIPS assumes that its link address is always in 
> Kseg0?
> What if I change the link address to somewhere in useg?
Your page fault handlers will be in for an interesting time. ;o)

What you describe can be, and is done, for virtualized kernels running 
on top
of a hypervisor, but there's a bit more involved than just changing the 
link address.

/K.