On 27/11/07 10:33 +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071127 03:55]: > > Convert stage2 handling from binary blob to multi-segment LAR which is > > created by parsing the ELF file linuxbios.stage2.o. That way, we avoid > > manual specification of the entry point for stage2 code. A few LAR > > functions are now unused and can be removed in a following cleanup session. > > Another suggested cleanup would be factoring out a load_all_segments > > function, resulting in less code duplication. > > I can't believe this is the workaround for not being able to put a > "jmp _entry" in front of the code. > > It might be becoming just another "how do we explain _that_ to people > now?" just like the v2 device tree.
I'm not saying that the new method isn't a good one, but Stefan has a point. This will be difficult to explain to people. I'll start with the most obvious question: How many bytes is it costing me to have N elf files in the LAR instead of N blobs? Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
