Unable to boot 64bit hello

Daniel Müller Daniel.Mueller at mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Fri Jun 14 10:08:33 CEST 2013


Hi,

On 06/11/13 15:59, Julian Stecklina wrote:
> On 06/10/2013 11:28 PM, Daniel Müller wrote:
>> On 06/10/13 18:09, Julian Stecklina wrote:
>>> This is problem is caused by the way bootstrap works on 64-bit systems.
>>> If there is a module at 0x2d0000, bootstrap will overwrite that with its
>>> own 64-bit code and then figure out later that things are b0rken.
>> Thanks for the explanation. Does this mean this is a general problem for
>> 64 bit? And it is on the side of bootstrap? That sounds to me like the
> It is a bootstrap implementation problem. Could be fixed. You may
> volunteer. ;)
Alright, got it working now (see attached patch). If this is to be 
integrated into svn I can do some cleanups and check for errors that 
might have crept in -- just let me know.

Daniel
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