Re: [PATCH 32/33] x86_64: Relocatable kernel support

[Andi Kleen]

"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> When loaded with a normal bootloader the decompressor will decompress
> the kernel to 2M and it will run there.  This both ensures the
> relocation code is always working, and makes it easier to use 2M
> pages for the kernel and the cpu.

It would have been nicer if you had moved the uncompressor to be 64bit
first like it was planned for a long time.

-Andi
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