RE: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

[Hartmut Birr]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Alex Ionescu
>  Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:51 PM
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos
>  
>  
>  Harmut,
>  
>  There is a KERNEL_BASE variable in freeldr, which I think might come 
>  into play at some point, so that one simply requires a change to read 
>  from the config file.
>  
>  tamlin is working on a PE Loader for freeldr to support /3GB, afaik.
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>   
This constant value isn't used. Freeldr uses the entry from the multiboot
header, which is always set to 0x200000. The startup code from ntoskrnl does
jump to 0xc0000000 or 0x80000000. I've tested ntoskrnl with 0x80000000 and
in normal and PAE mode.

- Hartmut