Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] riscv: Move kernel mapping to vmalloc zone

2020-06-05 Thread Alex Ghiti
Hi Zong, Le 6/3/20 à 10:52 PM, Zong Li a écrit : On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:01 PM Alexandre Ghiti wrote: This is a preparatory patch for relocatable kernel. The kernel used to be linked at PAGE_OFFSET address and used to be loaded physically at the beginning of the main memory. Therefore, we co

Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] riscv: Move kernel mapping to vmalloc zone

2020-06-03 Thread Zong Li
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:01 PM Alexandre Ghiti wrote: > > This is a preparatory patch for relocatable kernel. > > The kernel used to be linked at PAGE_OFFSET address and used to be loaded > physically at the beginning of the main memory. Therefore, we could use > the linear mapping for the kernel

[PATCH v4 1/4] riscv: Move kernel mapping to vmalloc zone

2020-06-03 Thread Alexandre Ghiti
This is a preparatory patch for relocatable kernel. The kernel used to be linked at PAGE_OFFSET address and used to be loaded physically at the beginning of the main memory. Therefore, we could use the linear mapping for the kernel mapping. But the relocated kernel base address will be different