On 27.11.2007 10:33, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071127 03:55]: > >> Convert stage2 handling from binary blob to multi-segment LAR which is >> created by parsing the ELF file linuxbios.stage2.o. That way, we avoid >> manual specification of the entry point for stage2 code. A few LAR >> functions are now unused and can be removed in a following cleanup session. >> Another suggested cleanup would be factoring out a load_all_segments >> function, resulting in less code duplication. >> > > I can't believe this is the workaround for not being able to put a > "jmp _entry" in front of the code. >
It is certainly easier to understand than a linker script which tries to move a "jmp _entry" to the front of the blob. > It might be becoming just another "how do we explain _that_ to people > now?" just like the v2 device tree. > See Ron's mail about that subject. He put it in a very elaborate way. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
