Re: [RFC][PATCH] Randomize kernel base address on boot

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 05/31/2011 01:27 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
>> Other than that, Ingo's idea at least have the merit that it would 
>> break only older bootloaders doing things wrong.
> 
> I'm wondering, why would it break older bootloaders? It's just a 
> slightly larger than usual kernel image, nothing is visible to the 
> bootloader.
> 

Older boot loaders did not know how big the kernel image was, therefore
had no way to avoid memory space collision.  That is fixed in boot
protocol 2.10.

	-hpa
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