Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:17:22AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > >> @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP > >>which are loaded in the

Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig >> @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP >>which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into >>a specially reserved region and

Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Now that the vmlinux is marked as relocatable there is no reason to > retain the CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START option, as we can put the binary we > have at any 2MB aligned address in memory. > > With CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START gone the

Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Now that the vmlinux is marked as relocatable there is no reason to retain the CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START option, as we can put the binary we have at any 2MB aligned address in memory. With CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START gone the handful

Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Vivek Goyal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into a specially reserved region and then later

Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-23 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:17:22AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Vivek Goyal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP which are loaded in the main kernel

[PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-22 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Now that the vmlinux is marked as relocatable there is no reason to retain the CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START option, as we can put the binary we have at any 2MB aligned address in memory. With CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START gone the handful of code lines that depend on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE no longer make sense to

[PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE

2007-04-22 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Now that the vmlinux is marked as relocatable there is no reason to retain the CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START option, as we can put the binary we have at any 2MB aligned address in memory. With CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START gone the handful of code lines that depend on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE no longer make sense to