[syslinux] pxelinux bug's

Iouri Kharon bc-info at styx.cabel.net
Wed Jun 20 19:54:27 PDT 2007


   Hi H.!

Thursday, June 21, 2007, you wrote:


HPA> Iouri Kharon wrote:
>> Why align to page (not dword)? If see in linux/init/initramfs.c:unpack_to_rootfs()

HPA> Because the beginning has to be page-aligned, but the core loader
Beginning - yes. But everyone (image)?

HPA> doesn't know a priori what the alignment will be.  The C code is a lot
HPA> smarter.
Gm. Load with aling(dword), and after loading last (first im memory) disk,
memcpy all images if neded :).

Best regards,
 Iouri                            mailto:bc-info at styx.cabel.net




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