Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

[Stefan Reinauer]

Peter Stuge wrote:
> > for(i = 0, entry = (void *)0; ;i++) {
> > char filename[64];
> > void *newentry;
> > sprintf(filename, "normal/payload%d", i);
> > archive.len = *(u32 *)0xfffffff4;
> > archive.start =(void *)(0UL-archive.len);
>
> Is 0UL good also on 64bit? (Even if it's truncated and "saved" when
> assigned to archive.start I'd prefer having the size explicitly.)

There will not be a 64bit version of the above code within the next
decade. But who says never ;)

The size is explicit btw. The start address is not.

The above code would break on sc520, but that seems dead ;)