"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> With ELF we get a single file format that works on multiple >> architectures and for multiple OS-s, with well understood rules. This >> allows for a broader audience who can review and maintain the code. >> In addition to the real possibility of multi-architecture or multi-os >> bootloaders. >> > > Well understood MAYBE (although the "virtual" versus "physical" address stuff > in > ELF is clearly misspecified in the extreme), but they are clearly not > sufficient > for presenting a well-defined entry condition. So it's not really anywhere > near > as straightforward as you make it sound.
About the entry condition I completely agree. The fact that the generic tools almost do what you need and then fall short is also problematic. However it still appears a reasonable approach to consider. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
