[LinuxBIOS] Patch for vmlinux amd64 with mkelfImage

[yhlu]

the latest kernel still put startup_32 on the 0x100000.

when will be startup_64/startup_32 be relocatable?

YH

On 11/4/06, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com> wrote:
> "Lu, Yinghai" <yinghai.lu at amd.com> writes:
>
> > Please check patch attached. It could be applied to mkelfImage cleanly.
> >
> > Make mkelfImage to take vmlinux in elf64 for amd64
> >
> > Actually the vmlinux on amd64 is elf64, so parse it and set it back to
> > elf32.
>
> Nack.
>
> The 32bit entry point for 64bit kernels is going away.  If you want to use
> vmlinux directly for 64bit kernels please use the 64bit entry point.
>
> That requires a whole new kernel type to be added to mkelfImage, unless
> I am missing something obvious.
>
> Eric
>
> p.s. Sorry for the delayed reply.
>
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