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Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] xen/x86: manually build xen.mb.efi binary
- To: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 15:45:59 +0200
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On 09.06.2021 15:18, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:35:00PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 19.05.2021 14:48, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:29:43AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> Also not sure what to do with Dwarf debug info, which just recently
>>>> we managed to avoid needing to strip unconditionally.
>>>
>>> I think debug info may stay as is. Just Multiboot2 header should not
>>> cover it if it is not needed.
>>
>> You did say that .bss is expected to be last, which both .reloc and
>> debug info violate.
>
> The .bss section has to be last one in memory from Multiboot2 protocol
> point of view. However, nothing, AFAICT, forbids to have something
> behind in the file. Of course if you ignore the data at the end of file
> when you load the image using Multiboot2 protocol.
Well, debug info can be ignored. If MB2 would work like it does today,
then .reloc also would never be touched. Feels a little fragile, but
might be okay then.
Jan
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