Re: [PATCH 3/3] sparc32: advertise relocatable kernel with HdrS 0x0300

Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.sparc,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Magnus.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 12:52:34PM +0200, Magnus Lindholm wrote:
> HdrS version 0x0300 tells the boot loader that the kernel supports being
> located somewhere other than physical 0x4000, which is where SILO places
> the image on the traditional path. Anything older is copied back down
> there, and refused outright when it no longer fits.
OK, if I knew this it was paged out a long time ago.

> 
> sparc32 could not make that claim before, because setup_arch() took
> phys_base from the lowest memory bank rather than from what PAGE_OFFSET
> maps to. It can now, so say so.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
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