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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: [patch rfc wip] first cut of ELF bzImage
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 13:22:18 -0700
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Without any concept of what those "advanced features" are, we're just
> designing blind.  The only "advanced feature" I can think of that would
> be applicable is relocation, and that one is already taken care of.
>   

Well, I'm not sure what "advanced" really encompasses, but it seems to
me it would also include:

    * relocation
    * booting in protected mode
    * booting with paging enabled, which allows
    * physically discontigious kernels
    * ...?

    J