From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 159CDCD98F0 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:02:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Type:MIME-Version: Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=2t+RkjBFL1lZxO64xK2l79qUSt5JM3y5CAjnWbpJF2s=; b=nUujb7xP0qSUUA8hggLnSmIKAu 3xKcIQsT2qWc0Qc/EEwPuBaQBJTbOox2cdsd8xlrN99hXePwS9LrOwVsqZBc/jDz4e3bOr7AUNhlK eJOTPoiKhHRIdfy51KL7woEj6XJnbG10QaGyfPgprScsbqpscNHy/MgEa3oJMWmEu+EsVJ2H+VNMm zxakCTurx6Gu+Y1YjcCghbdEY1txz9U2+RbGFYJ5I5eWblY8KHNf2OsvLHfIKFQ/QPTkinVn82CGU lcrPR04WalcKENfqEsjKHQqQU3NKd5ShGWDmb0zd3amXWEsKzHK4tteEbTjwiqDxwkSpwSRuzKobU zlzvO7+A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wa7he-00000000opM-3vV2; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:02:22 +0000 Received: from mail-43172.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wa7hb-00000000oow-3nOl for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:02:21 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rasmusvillemoes.dk; s=protonmail; t=1781769735; x=1782028935; bh=2t+RkjBFL1lZxO64xK2l79qUSt5JM3y5CAjnWbpJF2s=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID:From:To: Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=FV+rwnEoy5qvX19DmBCoPvVnyMzrAOtumwXoUfetPoSZlM72lcpIPhets9nZKC3Y9 ++MWFO6w/2CpYjIVoma//uy0OnNJGwT12Sol+YUoI7or3hFNqtcvR+UrNFlI+EVT8P //TsbPhdKNHsC/JbE48Ta6ianX0G0dpgVUKcNGiKlbf7C+dlgGbm198XVihAm2KZSw DqKfz4PzpR2d1piZFDHpkjVT6HJagz/4B1QXv2qVEjih2bRcNXAiratjBQcAwyJFJY 2w7p84ewLIAYJk7u+yO5DfeD+7mrUo9zm2JF9x8JedS8VHp1DF5JtHwjB3unNkYYxR Jhi9BcpTilPUg== X-Pm-Submission-Id: 4ggtVZ1FRpz2Scmx From: Rasmus Villemoes To: Cc: "Ard Biesheuvel" , "Will Deacon" , "Jonathan Corbet" , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: arm64: Document that text_offset is always 0 In-Reply-To: <20260604140839.1930847-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> (Rasmus Villemoes's message of "Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:08:45 +0000") References: <20260604140839.1930847-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:02:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87cxxonunv.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260618_010220_555314_39711BCC X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 8.57 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Jun 04 2026, "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. > ping