Re: Re : [PATCH] Compressed ia32 ELF file generation for loadingby Gujin 1/3

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> With ELF we get a single file format that works on multiple
> architectures and for multiple OS-s, with well understood rules.  This
> allows for a broader audience who can review and maintain the code.
> In addition to the real possibility of multi-architecture or multi-os
> bootloaders.

Well understood MAYBE (although the "virtual" versus "physical" address 
stuff in ELF is clearly misspecified in the extreme), but they are 
clearly not sufficient for presenting a well-defined entry condition. 
So it's not really anywhere near as straightforward as you make it sound.

	-hpa

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