RE: amd64 kernels and text address

[Tim Rightnour <root%garbled.net@localhost>]

On 24-Mar-2008 Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> I am trying to add Multiboot support to amd64 kernels.  The first  
> step in doing so is adding the Multiboot header at the beginning of  
> the file (within the first 8KB of the _file_).  Unfortunately, adding  
> that as the very first thing in the entry point at locore.S does not  
> have the desired effect.

I had this exact problem on the ofppc version of ofwboot.  Take a look at the
ofwstart.S file there to see how I worked around it.  Also note, that I used a
second trick to add the same section again later using the ldscript.

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