Re: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage

From: yhlu
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 13:33:32 EST


On 5/8/07, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes. setup.S has always been skipped by bzImage via the kexec path
unless you explicitly tell /sbin/kexec to use the 16bit entry point.

Is not having a VGA console a new thing, or it something you just noticed?

Eric


before the changes, it works well.

with --real-mode, it will reset the machine.
with --reset-vga, i will get

Kernel alive
kernel direct mapping tables up to 100000000 @ 8000-d000

on VGA monitor.

YH
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