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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:04:42 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common load_elf.c src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 boot2.c src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 elf32_freebsd.c src/sys/boot/pc98/boot2 boot.c
Message-ID:  <20061030210442.GB27957@rambler-co.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200610301155.55597.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200610291450.k9TEowL4034801@repoman.freebsd.org> <200610301155.55597.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:55:54AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Sunday 29 October 2006 09:50, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > ru          2006-10-29 14:50:58 UTC
> >=20
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >=20
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/boot/common      load_elf.c=20
> >     sys/boot/i386/boot2  boot2.c=20
> >     sys/boot/i386/libi386 elf32_freebsd.c=20
> >     sys/boot/pc98/boot2  boot.c=20
> >   Log:
> >   Because the BTX mini-kernel now uses flat memory mode and clients
> >   are no longer limited to a virtual address space of 16 megabytes,
> >   only mask high two bits of a virtual address.  This allows to load
> >   larger kernels (up to 1 gigabyte).  Not masking addresses at all
> >   was a bad idea on machines with less than >3G of memory -- kernels
> >   are linked at 0xc0xxxxxx, and that would attempt to load a kernel
> >   at above 3G.  By masking only two highest bits we stay within the
> >   safe limits while still allowing to boot larger kernels.
> >  =20
> >   (This is a safer reimplmentation of sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot.2.c
> >   rev. 1.71.)
> >  =20
> >   Prodded by:     jhb
> >   Tested by:      nyan (pc98)
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
Do you think it would be a good idea to MFC this in time for 6.2?


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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