Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 23/23] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 01:57:01PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:56:58PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:18PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: Add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images. Only GRUB2 with relevant patches understands that feature. Older multiboot You may want to enumerate what those 'relevant' patches are. protocol (regardless of version) compatible loaders ignore it and everything works as usual. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper daniel.ki...@oracle.com --- xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S | 46 + xen/arch/x86/x86_64/asm-offsets.c |1 + xen/include/xen/multiboot2.h | 13 +++ 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S b/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S index d484f68..2520e48 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ multiboot1_header_end: /* Align modules at page boundry. */ mb2ht_init MB2_HT(MODULE_ALIGN), MB2_HT(REQUIRED) +/* Load address preference. */ +mb2ht_init MB2_HT(RELOCATABLE), MB2_HT(OPTIONAL), \ + sym_phys(start), /* Min load address. */ \ We could go straight to __start? This specifies lowest load address not entry point. Ah right. And the __start can be moved somewhere inside the .text code, while 'start' is always at offset 0. Thank you! Daniel ___ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 23/23] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:56:58PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:18PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: Add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images. Only GRUB2 with relevant patches understands that feature. Older multiboot You may want to enumerate what those 'relevant' patches are. protocol (regardless of version) compatible loaders ignore it and everything works as usual. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper daniel.ki...@oracle.com --- xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S | 46 + xen/arch/x86/x86_64/asm-offsets.c |1 + xen/include/xen/multiboot2.h | 13 +++ 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S b/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S index d484f68..2520e48 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ multiboot1_header_end: /* Align modules at page boundry. */ mb2ht_init MB2_HT(MODULE_ALIGN), MB2_HT(REQUIRED) +/* Load address preference. */ +mb2ht_init MB2_HT(RELOCATABLE), MB2_HT(OPTIONAL), \ + sym_phys(start), /* Min load address. */ \ We could go straight to __start? This specifies lowest load address not entry point. Daniel ___ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
