Re: [PATCH 32/33] x86_64: Relocatable kernel support

Andi Kleen
2006-08-01T19:11:42Z

"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> writes:
>
> When loaded with a normal bootloader the decompressor will decompress
> the kernel to 2M and it will run there. This both ensures the
> relocation code is always working, and makes it easier to use 2M
> pages for the kernel and the cpu.

It would have been nicer if you had moved the uncompressor to be 64bit
first like it was planned for a long time.

-Andi