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To: jeff <jeff_lee@coventive.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.20
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jeff wrote:
> Dear All,
>     I am trying to porting NEC Vr4131 platform from 2.4.16 to 2.4.20 but I found some problem.
> In kernel 2.4.16, the kernel entry is 0x80002470 but the kernel entry in 2.4.20 is 0x801xxxxx

That's just normal, the entry is variable.

> So my problem is how to change the kernel entry from 0x801xxxxx to be 0x8000xxxx? or how 
> to test this kernel when the kernel entry is 0x801xxxxx?

The entry address is encoded in the ELF header at the beginning of vmlinux
(as it is for all other ELF executables). The header's layout can be found
e.g. in linux/include/linux/elf.h.


Thiemo