On 05.12.2010, at 13:37, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 12/05/2010 02:05 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> >
>> >  diff --git a/config-x86-common.mak b/config-x86-common.mak
>> >  index b541c1c..c5508b3 100644
>> >  --- a/config-x86-common.mak
>> >  +++ b/config-x86-common.mak
>> >  @@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ CFLAGS += -m$(bits)
>> >  libgcc := $(shell $(CC) -m$(bits) --print-libgcc-file-name)
>> >
>> >  FLATLIBS = lib/libcflat.a $(libgcc)
>> >  -%.flat: %.o $(FLATLIBS) flat.lds
>> >  +%.elf: %.o $(FLATLIBS) flat.lds
>> >    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -nostdlib -o $@ -Wl,-T,flat.lds $(filter %.o, $^) 
>> > $(FLATLIBS)
>> >
>> >  +%.flat: %.elf
>> >  + objcopy -O elf32-i386 $^ $@
>> 
>> Not sure it's that great to call 32bit elf binaries ".flat". I'd rather 
>> expect a flat file when reading that file extension ;). Mind to just call it 
>> ".elf32"?
> 
> It's a reminder from the good old days that these were flat files loaded by 
> kvmctl.

Nothing's as permanent as an improvised solution :).

>> Alternatively, you could also use real flat files and shove a multiboot 
>> header into the binary.
> 
> I'll rename them in a later patch.  .elf32 isn't a good name either, it 
> implies 32-bit execution, whereas it's just the file format due to multiboot 
> constraints.  Maybe .test (and .test32 and .test64 when we build both).

Yeah, anything really. The .flat is definitely just wrong ;). .test32 and 
.test64 always sounds good to me. No reason to be clever and also have .test.


Alex

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