On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 03:17:15PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > Using the standard -m elf_x86_64 for 64-bit mini-os results in the > first section (.text) to start only at offset 2MB in the binary file. > > Quoting Andrew Cooper on that topic: > > Specifically, 64bit emulation appears to include "align primary > sections to 2M so your OS can make better use of superpages even when > mmap()ing", with no way I can spot to override this in the linker > file. > > Using -m elf_i386 avoids that problem without any visible disadvantage. > > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgr...@suse.com>
Applied with Samuel's Rb from v1. Wei.
