Re: [PATCH] docs: arm64: Document that text_offset is always 0

[Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 04:08:39PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> When trying to figure out where to place and call an arm64 Image in
> memory, reading booting.rst should provide the answer. However, it
> requires quite some digging to figure out that text_offset is set via
> ".quad 0" in head.S and is thus actually always 0 since v5.10.
> 
> Update the documentation and make that explicit. Reword the 2MB
> requirement accordingly, and remove the paragraphs that only apply to
> the ancient versions where text_offset could be non-zero, as they only
> confuse a current reader.

Doesn't this needlessly prevent us from having a non-zero offset in future,
if we wanted that for some reason?

Will