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

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

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

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
Cc: lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, nigel%ind.tansu.com.au@localhost,
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Subject: re: kern/13435: libsa loadfile() loads binary or kernel at wrong address
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 15:17:01 +1000

 Jason Thorpe writes:
 > =
 
 > > On May 21, 2021, at 6:05 PM, David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost> =
 wrote:
 > >
 > > 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.
 
 infact, if memory serves, there's one platform you were unable
 to create an ofwboot for, and we're stuck with a.out kernels
 loaded by the firmware.  :-)
 
 of course, if we could figure out that issue and switch shark
 to ofwboot + elf kernel that woudl be awesome.
 
 
 .mrg.