[syslinux] pxelinux bug's
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jun 20 22:48:27 PDT 2007
Iouri Kharon wrote:
> 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 :).
>
There is no reason to do the extra copy, though, so we might as well not.
Anyway, does 3.52-pre1 work for you?
-hpa
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