Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-22 Thread Juergen Gross
On 22/02/16 13:24, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:18:38AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 22/02/16 09:42, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-22 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:18:38AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 22/02/16 09:42, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-22 Thread Juergen Gross
On 22/02/16 09:42, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. >> >> In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-22 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. > > In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into > the initial mapping. This will

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-21 Thread Juergen Gross
Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into the initial mapping. This will allow to load larger initrds and/or support domains with larger memory,