On 08/01/12 23:39, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Hi Andreas, > >>> support. Is there a strict requirement (from the kernel's early >>> startup and mem_init POV) that the kernel has to reside in the first >>> bootinfo memory chunk? >> It is a requirement that the kernel is mapped at virtual address zero >> since it is not relocatable. > That much I understand - but can we tweak the bootinfo to report the > chunks in physical address order? What I mean to say is - does the > first bootinfo chunk get mapped at virtual address zero always, or is > there some check to see what physical address corresponds to the > kernel segment? >
>From what I can see the first mem_info struct is always mapped at VA 0 which is done in paging_init() in mm/motorola.c Alan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
