[syslinux] Relocating COM32 modules to higher mem

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jul 29 00:09:18 PDT 2008


Loginov Alexander wrote:
> 
> Actually, what I meant is to make COM32 modules relocatable, so they
> could run from any address. For example, they could be loaded to the top
> of available physical memory. This approach could be helpful for
> embedded systems. In fact, Syslinux provides quite a lot of features
> useful for embedded system designers, for example, it has OS-less
> C-library, menu, monitor, etc. If COM32 module was loaded to the top
> memory, then its functionality could be preserved for longer time (it
> will not be erased immediately by the loaded embedded application)
> 
> How difficult would it be to implement such feature?
> 

Stefan Bucur is working on it.

However, it doesn't change the fact that the Linux kernel itself is 
loaded at 0x100000.

	-hpa




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