Re: multiboot2: make multiboot header optional

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Thursday 16 November 2006 00:41, address@hidden wrote:
> BTW, on ia64 8192 is too small.  Linux and Xen put the ivt (interrupt
> vector table) at the head of the file because it has the largest alignment
> requirement (32Kb).  I am not sure there is a big enough hole in the ivt.
> And Xen has two ivt (-> 64kB).
> However both Linux and Xen use the ELF format.

I fail to see why. Why is it necessary to put the table _physically_ at the 
head?

Okuji