On 05/27/14 13:18, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 05/24/14 09:39, Jordan Justen wrote:
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> The fw_cfg file "etc/acpi/tables" is not a stable guest interface -- QEMU
>>> could rename it in the future, and/or introduce additional fw_cfg files
>>> with ACPI payload. Only the higher-level "etc/table-loader" file is
>>> considered stable, which contains a sequence of loader/linker commands, to
>>> be executed by the firmware.
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand the term 'link' being used in this context.
>
> Linking in this context means setting pointers in one fw_cfg file to
> another (incrementing the prior, fw_cfg file-relative (==offset) value
> of the pointer with the base address of the target file, thereby making
> the pointer absolute).
>
> The word "link" is used as in "linked list"; tables in the fw_cfg files
> are linked (connected) together by pointers. I think "linked list" is
> common term, but I'm not a native speaker.
>
> Also, more technically, relocation of object files (updating target
> addresses based on relocation entries) is part of what a binary linker
> does, and a very similar thing happens here. QEMU_LOADER_ADD_POINTER is
> actually a relocation entry, and when the client code processes them
> (which this patchset doesn't do, but SeaBIOS does), it is "linking".
>
>> Executed sounds a bit odd too.
>>
>> Essentially fw-cfg allows OVMF to read some blobs from QEMU and plop
>> them down in guest memory.
>
> Linking is important in SeaBIOS and it is part of the interface, we just
> process the data a bit differently (without interpreting the
> QEMU_LOADER_ADD_POINTER ("linker") commands), because the full interface
> doesn't match OVMF very well.
>
>> So, loading, tables, blobs and maybe
>> interpret are terms that make sense to me. But I think link and
>> execute are confusing (to say the least).
>
> I can replace "execute" with "interpret". And, although I think "link"
> is appropriate as far as the command proper goes, it's just one word in
> the commit message and I can simply remove it.
>
>>
>> Something like a network interface 'link' status makes sense, and is
>> well known in that context.
>
> Other than this, do you find the code acceptable? (I'm asking to
> determine the scope of changes in v2 -- just commit msg wording or code
> tweaks too.)
Ping.
Thanks
Laszlo
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