From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 11 May 2006 04:48:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.200.82]:39076 "EHLO sccrmhc12.comcast.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133354AbWEKCse (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 04:48:34 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown[69.140.185.48]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <200605110248280120068b1me>; Thu, 11 May 2006 02:48:28 +0000 Message-ID: <4462A603.7080409@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 22:48:35 -0400 From: Kumba User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux/MIPS Development Subject: Re: [PATCH] [MIPS] create consistency in "system type" selection References: <20060509213453.GA32050@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060510102852.GA3193@linux-mips.org> In-Reply-To: <20060510102852.GA3193@linux-mips.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11395 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: kumba@gentoo.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Ralf Baechle wrote: > You still can but they need to be lumped together into a single group > in the "System type" menu. In reality it's not terribly interesting > and rarely tested. > > Ralf Isn't the real blocker for a multi-system kernel the Load Address? I know w/ the different SGI system most of the kernels load at a different address. Is it possible to encode all of these in a way that each system could detect them, or would we need some kind of stub loader ala arcload that'd have to be pre-pended onto the image to handle that for us? --Kumba -- Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond