Re: [RFC] [PATCH 10/16] x86_64: 64bit PIC ACPI wakeup

[Eric W. Biederman]

Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> writes:

>> This code (verify_cpu) is called while we are still in real mode. So it has
>> to be present in low 1MB. Now in trampoline has been designed to switch to
>> 64bit mode and then jump to the kernel hence kernel can be loaded anywhere
>> even beyond (4G). So if we move this code into say arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
>> then we can't even call it.
>
> I didn't mean to call it. Just #include it from a common file

I believe the duplication winds up happening in setup.S

Eric
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