From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-43170.protonmail.ch (mail-43170.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C719E31F9AB for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.70.43.170 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781769741; cv=none; b=DQmuXnE/rV3dxYOQK3O2G1gHbuP+Pw+UIznErFzWV1QCwM3Xd9/kfl4wbioAn0dpeT4FLmmUUQkc3hmch+3nk2IKyQELjFT+erYH3gpi4qC9rocWk9wIYumtiA2DcwqZZk0NL9C/DQ9eWEpKIAWuPk6qUUj/Q9AJLKUfrLoiZW4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781769741; c=relaxed/simple; bh=2t+RkjBFL1lZxO64xK2l79qUSt5JM3y5CAjnWbpJF2s=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=j38pD0akLblfibJJUe9QrAL7oiFsPuKj5V2eiSDpRiFixmG2fn8UArtOnplu8PIIoUFQqbSFpYkm8FWJ9rX204oEiQYErCCEzJcwWBYCALvojggrOtkBtn9UhNfi/r2+u0LKoFc5vYo4M1rC0GGhPPj0Kd40pzTEPJZDiM39h7s= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=rasmusvillemoes.dk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=rasmusvillemoes.dk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=rasmusvillemoes.dk header.i=@rasmusvillemoes.dk header.b=FV+rwnEo; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.70.43.170 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=rasmusvillemoes.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=rasmusvillemoes.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=rasmusvillemoes.dk header.i=@rasmusvillemoes.dk header.b="FV+rwnEo" 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) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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