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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric W Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stefan Reinauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: National Geode ST-3WT


> Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > * Eric W Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020808 15:01]:
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > ROM segment 0x3fef length 0x4a26 reloc 0x9400
> > > > > > Etherboot 5.1.2rc1 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [RTL8139]
> > > > > > Relocating _text from: [00094000,0009cb90) to
[01bf7470,01c00000)
> > > > >
> > > > > It's probably the relocation code.  This is new and hasn't
> > > > > been exercised on a lot of drivers yet, so there are still
> > > > > quite a few driver bugs to get out.  Among other things
> > > > > this just about makes LinuxBIOS portable.
> > > > >
> > > > > Debugging steps:
> > > > > 1) Disable relocation, and confirm everything works.
> >
> > that was it. I disabled relocation with your latest changes applied and
> > it works like a charm. I'll look into the bus/virt mapping stuff later
>
> Cool.
>
> It might be worth building the .lzebi as it is some smaller..
>
> For playing with etherboot you can specify a non-default load
> address, and netboot it.  I am using: RELOCADDR:=0x21000.
>
> Not having to flash etherboot everytime makes it easier to play
> with. :)
>
> If you get the relocation working you can have etherboot boot
> boot etherboot and get into a fun loading loop.
>
> Eric
>

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