[syslinux] [PATCH v2 3/4] efi: Useless relocations in PE file

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/01/2013 02:14 PM, Celelibi wrote:
> There is no need to have a relocation section that nothing points at.
> The image is still seen as relocatable as long as the Characteristics of
> the FileHeader do not say otherwise.
> 
> Moreover, the field base_relocation_table wasn't initialized properly
> leading to unpredictable bugs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Celelibi <celelibi at gmail.com>

I seem to hear about some UEFI implementations which would fail to boot
unless there is a relocation section... I believe we had to add one to
the Linux kernel for that reason.  Matt, does that match your recollection?

	-hpa