Re: ARM kernel module loader.

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:38:34 +1100

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In message <20021119203128.E5535@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> you write:
> Ok, here's the problem I'm currently facing.
>
> KAO's insmod used to do various fixups (trampolines of 8 bytes in length)
> before inserting modules into the kernel on ARM to make sure the PC24
> branch relocations were able to reach the kernel binary image in memory.
> PC24 relocations have a maximum range of +/- 32MB, and the kernel may be
> (on current architectures) up to 256MB to 512MB away.

See PPC32, on my kernel.org page. Exactly the same issue.

Rusty.

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