From: Adam Lackorzynski <adam@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
To: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: Prevent loading of x86_64 images
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:36:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100819113635.GI22245@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B706CBD2-AEF0-46AC-A18C-6FAE0E32559D@suse.de>
On Thu Aug 19, 2010 at 13:27:32 +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> On 19.08.2010, at 13:24, Adam Lackorzynski wrote:
>
> > A via -kernel supplied x86_64 ELF image is being started in 32bit mode.
> > Detect and exit if a 64bit image has been supplied.
>
> According to the multiboot spec, this is the expected behavior, no? At least Xen does it that way...
Yes, but then the supplied ELF-image should say it's a 32bit one and
switch to 64bit mode itself. That's at least how we do load a 64bit
kernel.
Adam
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-19 11:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-19 11:24 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: Prevent loading of x86_64 images Adam Lackorzynski
2010-08-19 11:27 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-19 11:36 ` Adam Lackorzynski [this message]
2010-08-19 11:40 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-19 12:32 ` Adam Lackorzynski
2010-08-19 12:34 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-19 12:49 ` Adam Lackorzynski
2010-08-19 13:01 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-20 18:47 ` Rene Rebe
2010-08-19 13:02 ` Avi Kivity
2010-08-19 13:57 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-19 14:05 ` Avi Kivity
2010-08-19 14:10 ` Alexander Graf
2010-08-19 14:12 ` Avi Kivity
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2010-09-02 20:28 Adam Lackorzynski
2010-09-25 8:51 Adam Lackorzynski
2010-11-04 22:22 Adam Lackorzynski
2010-11-16 20:09 ` Anthony Liguori
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