Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-29 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 04:49:04PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 29/02/16 16:43, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:27:42AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> On 26/02/16 16:41, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:28:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 26/02

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-29 Thread Juergen Gross
On 29/02/16 16:43, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:27:42AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 26/02/16 16:41, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:28:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: On 26/02/16 15:00, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-29 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:27:42AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 26/02/16 16:41, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:28:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> On 26/02/16 15:00, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 25/02

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-29 Thread Juergen Gross
On 26/02/16 16:41, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:28:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 26/02/16 15:00, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: On 25/02/16 13:47, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-26 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:28:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 26/02/16 15:00, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> On 25/02/16 13:47, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > Modern p

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-26 Thread Juergen Gross
On 26/02/16 15:00, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 25/02/16 13:47, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial mapp

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-26 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 25/02/16 13:47, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-25 Thread Juergen Gross
On 25/02/16 13:47, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +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 i

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-25 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33:35PM +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 a

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-25 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, a