[parisc-linux] hack to use HPUX boot loader

John David Anglin dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:45:41 -0400 (EDT)


> 
> > If
> > Linux was relocated at addresses near zero, this would result in
> > user programs having to start at addresses larger than the amount
> > of memory used by the kernel, which would be weird.
> > 
> >         -P
> 
> Does someone knows how linux will use the hppa quadran (space) for both
> kernel-mode and user-mode for 32bit processor (and 64bit processors running
> narrow), this somewhat influance mmap(), or more generally the virtual adress
> space usage/limitation.
> 
> If someone envisioned the hppa 64 bits wide it would be nice to know as well
> the layout and space convention too, this would help to see how narrow binary
> could run on a wide kernel.

Docs for 32 & 64 bit runtime environments can be found at
<http://www.software.hp.com/STK/toc.html>.

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