Re: kern/13435: libsa loadfile() loads binary or kernel at wrong address

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/13435; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
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 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
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Subject: Re: kern/13435: libsa loadfile() loads binary or kernel at wrong
 address
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 18:15:52 -0700

 > On May 21, 2021, at 6:05 PM, David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost> =
 wrote:
 >=20
 > however, I'm also wondering why we still have code for loading a.out
 > kernel images; maybe the right thing to do is remove it and close the
 > PR :-)
 
 There are legacy platforms that still, due to firmware restrictions, =
 require loading of a.out.  At least for those platforms, it might still =
 be handy to be able to load a single kernel image either from a boot =
 loader or from the firmware directly.
 
 -- thorpej