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# 1.3 20-Apr-2023 manu

Add reloc keyworkd to let EFI bootstrap load amd64 kernel at any address

EFI bootstrap assumes it can copy the amd64 kernel to its ELF load
address (that is KERNTEXTOFF - KERNBASE = 0x200000), but it can
clash with previous UEFI memory allocation, as described here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2023/04/07/msg028833.html

This change adds a reloc keyword for controling where the EFI
boostrap will copy the kernel image. Possible values are:
default - the default and prior behavior, copy at 0x200000.
none - do not copy and use the kernel image where it was loaded.
address - specify an explicit address where to copy the kernel.

This comes with an amd64 kernel patch that makes it self-relocatable.
It first discover where it was loaded in memory, and if this is
different than the expected 0x200000, hhe the kernel relocates
itself and start over at the right address.


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# 1.2 24-Feb-2017 nonaka

branches: 1.2.2; 1.2.6; 1.2.14; 1.2.18;
efiboot: Don't access old stack after copying a kernel.

It's possible that the old stack is overwritten by the kernel.


# 1.1 21-Feb-2017 nonaka

fix to be able to boot amd64 kernel from 32bit efiboot (booia32.efi).


# 1.2 24-Feb-2017 nonaka

efiboot: Don't access old stack after copying a kernel.

It's possible that the old stack is overwritten by the kernel.


# 1.1 21-Feb-2017 nonaka

fix to be able to boot amd64 kernel from 32bit efiboot (booia32.efi).