Re: [PATCH v9 08/11] x86/boot/64: Adapt assembly for PIE support

chOn Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 12:12:52PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote: > Change the assembly code to use only relative references of symbols for the > kernel to be PIE compatible. > > Early at boot, the kernel is mapped at a temporary address while preparing > the page table. To know the changes

[PATCH v9 08/11] x86/boot/64: Adapt assembly for PIE support

Change the assembly code to use only relative references of symbols for the kernel to be PIE compatible. Early at boot, the kernel is mapped at a temporary address while preparing the page table. To know the changes needed for the page table with KASLR, the boot code calculate the difference