[RFC PATCH 0/3] arm64 initrd mapping/relocation

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Feb 2 10:06:22 PST 2016


On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:56:39PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> After discussing in linux-efi with Mark, and on #armlinux with Will, this is
> a proposal for dealing with initrd memory that is potentially not covered by
> the linear region.
> 
> Note that this will look slightly differently when some of the KASLR work gets
> merged, but this should only affect the way we deal with the initrd if it sits
> outside of the linear region.
> 
> Mostly intended for discussion, not tested at all.

Thanks Ard, this looks like a much better approach to me. Mark -- does
the general idea work for you too?

Will



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