Hi Neil, > Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, I've ben swamped. Has someone > tested this with kexec/kdump? Thats why the origional patch was > created, because when kexec loads the kernel at a different physical > address, the relocations messed with the module crc's, and modules > couldn't load during the kexec boot. Assuming that kernaddr_start > gets set appropriately during boot, using PHYSICAL_START should be > fine, but I wanted to check, and don't currently have access to a > powerpc system to do so. Neil
I tested a relocatable kernel forced to run at a non zero physical address (ie basically kdump). I verified CRCs were bad with your original patch backed out, and were good with this patch applied. Anton -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/