Re: Kernel link address assumption

["Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@paralogos.com>]

On 02/24/11 10:21, Himanshu Chauhan wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2011 11:46 PM, Kevin D. Kissell wrote:
> > On 02/24/11 10:13, Himanshu Chauhan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does Linux kernel for MIPS assumes that its link address is always 
> > > in Kseg0?
> > > What if I change the link address to somewhere in useg?
> > Your page fault handlers will be in for an interesting time. ;o)
> >
> > What you describe can be, and is done, for virtualized kernels 
> > running on top
> > of a hypervisor, but there's a bit more involved than just changing 
> > the link address.
> You just caught that. Thats what I am trying to evaluate. What all I 
> would need to do apart from changing the link address. I am working on 
> a bare metal hypervisor for MIPS architecture.
> Any pointers?
I've done a design of something like this for a non-MIPS architecture, 
but I'd prefer someone who's done this for MIPS (and I know that there 
are people out there who have) advise you.
            Regards,

            Kevin K.