On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 03:28:01PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 2019-10-01 04:41, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >
> > OK, so, this is more or less what I had in my v3 patch before sending
> > this email. So, it looks that I am on good track. Great! Though I am not
> > sure that we should have magic fo
On 2019-10-01 04:41, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>
> OK, so, this is more or less what I had in my v3 patch before sending
> this email. So, it looks that I am on good track. Great! Though I am not
> sure that we should have magic for chunked objects. If yes could you
> explain why? I would just leave len
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:18:43AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 2019-09-30 08:01, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >
> > OK.
> >
> >> field for the entire .kernel_info section, thus ensuring it is a
> >> single self-contained blob.
> >
> > .rodata.kernel_info contains its total size immediately behind th
On 2019-09-30 08:01, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>
> OK.
>
>> field for the entire .kernel_info section, thus ensuring it is a
>> single self-contained blob.
>
> .rodata.kernel_info contains its total size immediately behind the
> "InfO" header. Do you suggest that we should add the size of
> .rodata.ke
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 09:04:23AM -0700, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> On July 4, 2019 9:36:10 AM PDT, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >The relationships between the headers are analogous to the various data
> >sections:
> >
> > setup_header = .data
> > boot_params/setup_data = .bss
> >
> >What is missing from
On July 4, 2019 9:36:10 AM PDT, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>The relationships between the headers are analogous to the various data
>sections:
>
> setup_header = .data
> boot_params/setup_data = .bss
>
>What is missing from the above list? That's right:
>
> kernel_info = .rodata
>
>We have been (ab)us
The relationships between the headers are analogous to the various data
sections:
setup_header = .data
boot_params/setup_data = .bss
What is missing from the above list? That's right:
kernel_info = .rodata
We have been (ab)using .data for things that could go into .rodata or .bss for
a lo
