[Linux-ia64] Re: [PATCH] head.S fix for unusual load addrs

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:05:29PM -0700, David Mosberger wrote:
> I don't have an issue with the particular patch, but I don't like to
> take new features incrementally.  At the moment, the normal ia64
> kernel doesn't support loading at arbitrary physical addresses.  If
> there is a complete patch to add such a feature, we should consider it
> for inclusion.

Chris Wedgwood reminded me that Tony posted one awhile back.  I wonder
what you think of his approach?  I've attached it for reference since
the linux-ia64 archive only had a mangled copy.  It's against 2.5.39.
If you have any other ideas about how we can address this, I'd like to
hear them.  Ideally, a generic kernel would work on all ia64 platforms
at the same virtual load address (which is one problem with Tony's old
patch IMO), regardless of physical load address.

Thanks a lot,
Jesse