Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:23:23PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator. It will be used on EFI 64-bit platforms > > when multiboot2 c

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 2/4] multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:26:06PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image if requested. > > It is used by at least ExitBootServices()

Re: [Xen-devel] Request to revert superpage adjustments

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 09:35:19AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > >> Nor would > > >> that deal with avoiding reserved regions not too far above 1Mb, > > >> since at best the main payload can be relocatable (but certainly > > >> not the binary seen by the boot loader, as at least

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 06:33:15PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Friday, March 11, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 04:44:00PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > > > > [...] &g

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 04:44:00PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: [...] > multiboot2 spec is a rolling update. OK. So, I think that we should do this in that way: - apply this patch series after polishing; I hope that it will happen next week, - update multiboot2 doc, -

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:41:26PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > Currently multiboot2 protocol loads image exactly at address specified in > > ELF or multiboot2 header. This s

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:44:31PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > Currently multiboot2 protocol loads image exactly at address specified in > > ELF or multiboot2 header. This s

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 04:42:27PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Friday, March 11, 2016, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:23:23PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > > > On Wedne

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

+ 11 files changed, 503 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (4): i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 2/4] multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image

Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image if requested. It is used by at least ExitBootServices() function. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - reduce numbe

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v4 3/4 - FOR REVIEW ONLY] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:46:46PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 04:26:00PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Do not pass memory maps to image if it asked for EFI boot services. > > .. I would change this sentence a bit. > > If image reques

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v4 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:54:08PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:42:21PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 05:30:20PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, Vladi

Re: [Xen-devel] HVMLite / PVHv2 - using x86 EFI boot entry

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 04:40:27AM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Boris sent out the first HVMLite series of patches to add a new Xen guest type > February 1, 2016 [0]. We've been talking off list with a few folks now over > the prospect of instead of adding yet-another-boot-entry we instead

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

into loaded image, will be set accordingly to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, Version 2.4 Errata B, section 2.3.4, x64 Platforms, boot services. This way loaded image will be able to use EFI boot services without any issues. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com>

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 3/4 - FOR REVIEW ONLY] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

services then it is easier/safer to not provide maps. However, if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then it should get itself just before ExitBootServices() call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 12:28:46PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 06:00:23PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator. It will be used on EFI 64-bit platforms > > when multiboot2 compatible image requests MULTIBOOT_

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

. This patch was tested with Xen image which uses that functionality. However, this Xen feature is still under development and new patchset will be released in about 3-4 weeks. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v5 - suggestions/fixes: - fix support for multi segme

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v5 3/4 - FOR COMMIT] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

services then it is easier/safer to not provide maps. However, if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then it should get itself just before ExitBootServices() call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction

On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 04:43:07PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 02/03/16 10:12, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 01:19:27PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> On 29/02/16 10:13, Juergen Gross wrote: > >>> On 25/02/16 19:33, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: &g

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 2/4] multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image

Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image if requested. It is used by at least ExitBootServices() function. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - mbi EFI related stuff size calculation should depend on target archit

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

relocator too. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - reuse grub-core/lib/i386/relocator64.S code instead of creating separate assembly file (suggested by Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko), - grub_multiboot_boot() cleanup (sug

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

that functionality. However, this Xen feature is still under development and new patchset will be released in about 3-4 weeks. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - reduce number of casts (suggested by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk), - remove unneeded

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 3/4] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

services then it is easier to not provide maps. However, if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then it should get them itself just before ExitBootServices() call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v3 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (4): i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled multiboot2: Add support

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 01:19:27PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 29/02/16 10:13, Juergen Gross wrote: > > On 25/02/16 19:33, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > >> 22.02.2016 16:14, Juergen Gross пишет: > >>> On 22/02/16 13:48, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >>>> On M

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

initial mapping. This will allow to load larger initrds and/or > support domains with larger memory, as the initial mapping is limited > to 2GB and it is containing the p2m list. > > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgr...@suse.com> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com&g

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 00/11] grub-xen: support booting huge pv-domains

On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 10:38:05AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > The Xen hypervisor supports starting a dom0 with large memory (up to > the TB range) by not including the initrd and p2m list in the initial > kernel mapping. Especially the p2m list can grow larger than the > available virtual space

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 09:14:23AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 02/03/16 08:56, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:55:09AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > >> mapping. This capa

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 4/4] multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images

. This patch was tested with Xen image which uses that functionality. However, this Xen feature is still under development and new patchset will be released in about 2-3 weeks. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v6 - suggestions/fixes: - fix error m

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 1/4] i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator

into loaded image, will be set accordingly to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, Version 2.4 Errata B, section 2.3.4, x64 Platforms, boot services. This way loaded image will be able to use EFI boot services without any issues. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Re

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 3/4 - FOR REVIEW ONLY] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

services then it is easier/safer to not provide maps. However, if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then it should get itself just before ExitBootServices() call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

+ 11 files changed, 517 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (4): i386/relocator: Add grub_relocator64_efi relocator multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 3/4 - FOR COMMIT] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled

services then it is easier/safer to not provide maps. However, if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then it should get itself just before ExitBootServices() call. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <

[Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 2/4] multiboot2: Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image

Add tags used to pass ImageHandle to loaded image if requested. It is used by at least ExitBootServices() function. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - reduce numbe

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 00/11] grub-xen: support booting huge pv-domains

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:52:52AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 03/03/16 10:38, Juergen Gross wrote: > > The Xen hypervisor supports starting a dom0 with large memory (up to > > the TB range) by not including the initrd and p2m list in the initial > > kernel mapping. Especially the p2m list

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 07/16] x86/boot: create *.lnk files with linker script

racle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. > > + * Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> > > + * > > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > > + * the F

Re: [Xen-devel] [GRUB2 PATCH v6 0/4] multiboot2: Add two extensions

Hey, On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 05:06:15PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Hi, > > This patch series: > - enables EFI boot services usage in loaded images > by multiboot2 protocol, > - add support for multiboot2 protocol compatible > relocatable images. Any chance

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 04/16] x86/boot/reloc: create generic alloc and copy functions

Create generic alloc and copy functions. We need separate tools for memory allocation and copy to provide multiboot2 protocol support. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - use "g" co

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 07/16] x86/boot: create *.lnk files with linker script

code. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/boot/build32.lds | 49 + xen/arch/x86/boot/build32.mk | 10 ++--- 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 xen/arch/x86/boot/build32.lds

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 03/16] x86/boot: call reloc() using cdecl calling convention

/leave instructions here. Though they are not strictly needed in this patch. However, then assembly code in patch adding multiboot2 protocol support is easier to read. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - sugge

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] efi: explicitly define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c

representation in ELF and PE Xen image. Hence, define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c and remove efi symbol from ld script. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c |8 xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S |2 -- 2 files changed, 8 insertions

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 01/16] x86/boot: do not create unwind tables

This way .eh_frame section is not included in *.lnk and *.bin files. Hence, final e.g. reloc.bin file size is reduced from 408 bytes to 272 bytes and it contains only used code and data. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com&

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 16/16] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images

Add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images. Only GRUB2 with "multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images" patch understands that feature. Older multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible loaders ignore it and everything works as usual. Signed-off-by: Da

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 13/16 - RFC] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for EFI platforms

This way Xen can be loaded on EFI platforms using GRUB2 and other boot loaders which support multiboot2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - take into account alignment when skipping multiboot2 fixed part (suggested by

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 00/16] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

/efi.h | 13 ++- xen/include/xen/multiboot2.h | 182 +++ 33 files changed, 1491 insertions(+), 570 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (16): x86/boot: do not create unwind tables x86: zero BSS using stosl instead of stosb x86/boot: call reloc

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 11/16] efi: build xen.gz with EFI code

This way we will have one Xen binary which can be loaded by three boot protocols: EFI native loader, multiboot (v1) and multiboot2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - check for EFI platform in EFI code (suggested by Jan Beulich), -

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 08/16] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support

Add multiboot2 protocol support. Alter min memory limit handling as we now may not find it from either multiboot (v1) or multiboot2. This way we are laying the foundation for EFI + GRUB2 + Xen development. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 02/16] x86: zero BSS using stosl instead of stosb

ment to coding style. Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - improve comments (suggested by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk), - improve commit message (suggested by Jan Beulich). ---

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 05/16] x86/boot: use %ecx instead of %eax

Use %ecx instead of %eax to store low memory upper limit from EBDA. This way we do not wipe multiboot protocol identifier. It is needed in reloc() to differentiate between multiboot (v1) and multiboot2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 14/16] x86/boot: implement early command line parser in C

playing with segment registers) and much easier to maintain. Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - optimize some code (suggested by Jan Beulich), - put VESA data into early

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 10/16] efi: create efi_enabled()

EFI_PLATFORM feature which is equal to old efi_enabled == 1. Following patch will define EFI_LOADER feature accordingly. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - define efi struct in xen/arch/x8

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 12/16 - RFC] x86/efi: create new early memory allocator

would get back to #1. Hmmm... Should I check how Linux and others cope with that problem? Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/efi/efi-boot.h | 38 ++ xen/arch/x86/setup.c|3 +-- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 06/16] x86/boot/reloc: Rename some variables and rearrange code a bit

Replace mbi with mbi_out and mbi_old with mbi_in and rearrange code a bit to make it more readable. Additionally, this way multiboot (v1) protocol implementation and future multiboot2 protocol implementation will use the same variable naming convention. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 15/16 - RFC] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

a relative addressing in 32-bit code. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v3 - suggestions/fixes: - improve segment registers initialization (suggested by Jan Beulich), - simplify Xen image load base address calculation (suggested by Jan Beulich), - us

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 08/16] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:46:13AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 15.04.16 at 14:33, wrote: > > @@ -19,6 +20,28 @@ > > #define BOOT_PSEUDORM_CS 0x0020 > > #define BOOT_PSEUDORM_DS 0x0028 > > > > +#define MB2_HT(name) (MULTIBOOT2_HEADER_TAG_##name) > > +#define

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] efi: explicitly define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 01:03:42AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 15.04.16 at 14:33, wrote: > > Existing solution does not allocate space for this symbol and any > > references to acpi20, etc. does not make sense. As I saw any efi.* > > references are protected by

Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.8 Development Update

next release. > > RCs will be arranged immediately after freeze. > > = Projects = > > == Hypervisor == > > * Make credit2 default scheduler for Xen > - Dario Faggioli Please add: * Boot Xen on EFI platforms using GRUB2 (multiboot2 protocol) - Daniel Kiper BTW, I am g

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Allow kdump with crash_kexec_post_notifiers

On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 10:25:22AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 04:15:10PM +0200, Petr Tesarik wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 15:47:58 +0200 [...] > I wonder if Xen should do that - as in 'fix' the bootparams to not have it. > Or perhaps Linux code during bootup

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] acpi: Re-license ACPI builder files from GPLv2 to LGPLv2.1

blic License (LGPL) > version 2.1 > > Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrov...@oracle.com> > CC: Kouya Shimura <ko...@jp.fujitsu.com> > CC: Daniel Kiper <dki...@net-space.pl> > CC: Stefan Berger <stef...@us.ibm.com> > CC: Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 12/16 - RFC] x86/efi: create new early memory allocator

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 02:33:12PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > There is a problem with place_string() which is used as early memory > allocator. It gets memory chunks starting from start symbol and > going down. Sadly this does not work when Xen is loaded using multiboot2 > protocol b

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] efi: explicitly define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 02:16:09AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 25.05.16 at 18:45, wrote: > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 01:03:42AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 15.04.16 at 14:33, wrote: > >> > Existing solution does not allocate

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] efi: explicitly define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 12:55:42AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 05.07.16 at 20:33, wrote: > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 02:16:09AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 25.05.16 at 18:45, wrote: > >> > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 01:03:42AM

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 12/16 - RFC] x86/efi: create new early memory allocator

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 01:22:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 05.07.16 at 20:26, <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 02:33:12PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >> 1) We could use native EFI allocation functions (e.g. AllocatePool() &

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 09/16] efi: explicitly define efi struct in xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 06:00:47AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 06.07.16 at 12:27, wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 12:55:42AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 05.07.16 at 20:33, wrote: > >> > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 02:16:09AM

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 12/19] efi: introduce EFI_RS to ease control on runtime services usage

Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/domain_page.c |2 +- xen/arch/x86/shutdown.c|2 +- xen/arch/x86/time.c|2 +- xen/common/efi/boot.c |4 xen/include/xen/efi.h

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 18/19] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

ice if you convince me that your idea is good and I am wrong then... ;-))) Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - do not relocate Xen image if boot loader did work for us (suggested by Andrew Cooper and Jan Beulich), - initialize xen_im

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 15/19] x86/efi: create new early memory allocator

because it is quite simple and requires limited number of changes, especially in __start_xen(). Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - move from #2 solution to #2a solution, - improve commit message. --- xen/arch/x86/efi/efi-boot.h

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 19/19] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images

Add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images. Only GRUB2 with "multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images" patch understands that feature. Older multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible loaders ignore it and everything works as usual. Signed-off-by: Da

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 06/19] x86/boot/reloc: create generic alloc and copy functions

Create generic alloc and copy functions. We need separate tools for memory allocation and copy to provide multiboot2 protocol support. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - avoid assembly usage. v3 - suggestions/fixes: - use "g&

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 01/19] x86: allow EFI reboot method neither on EFI platforms...

..nor EFI platforms with runtime services disabled. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/shutdown.c |3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/shutdown.c b/xen/arch/x86/shut

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 11/19] efi: create efi_enabled()

EFI_BOOT feature which is equal to old efi_enabled == 1. Subsequent patches will define EFI_LOADER and EFI_RS features accordingly. Latter one is added to ease control on runtime services usage. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@o

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 03/19] x86/boot: create *.lnk files with linker script

. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - remove my name from copyright (Oracle requirement) (suggested by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk), - improve comments, (suggested by Jan Beulich), - improve commit message (suggested by Jan B

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/19] x86/boot: use %ecx instead of %eax

Use %ecx instead of %eax to store low memory upper limit from EBDA. This way we do not wipe multiboot protocol identifier. It is needed in reloc() to differentiate between multiboot (v1) and multiboot2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 00/19] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

| 182 ++ 34 files changed, 1619 insertions(+), 618 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (19): x86: allow EFI reboot method neither on EFI platforms... x86/boot: remove multiboot1_header_end from symbol table x86/boot: create *.lnk files with linker script x86

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 02/19] x86/boot: remove multiboot1_header_end from symbol table

Its visibility is not needed and just pollute symbol table. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S |2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 05/19] x86/boot: call reloc() using stdcall calling convention

to remove arguments from stack in xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S assembly file too. Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - move to stdcall calling convention (suggested by Jan Beulich). v3 -

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 13/19] efi: EFI_RS bit in efi.flags must be controlled by efi=[no-]rs command line argument

Otherwise efi_enabled(EFI_RS) check is unreliable. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/common/efi/boot.c | 10 ++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/common/efi/boot.c b/xen/common/efi/boot.c index dd6b0a8..95cb25f

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 16/19] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for EFI platforms

This way Xen can be loaded on EFI platforms using GRUB2 and other boot loaders which support multiboot2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - remove redundant BSS alignment, - update BSS alignment check, - use __set_bit() i

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 14/19] efi: build xen.gz with EFI code

This way we will have one Xen binary which can be loaded by three boot protocols: EFI native loader, multiboot (v1) and multiboot2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - functions should return -ENOSYS instead of -EOPNOTSUPP if EFI run

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 17/19] x86/boot: implement early command line parser in C

playing with segment registers) and much easier to maintain. Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - move to stdcall calling convention (suggested by Jan Beulich), - define bo

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 09/19] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support

Add multiboot2 protocol support. Alter min memory limit handling as we now may not find it from either multiboot (v1) or multiboot2. This way we are laying the foundation for EFI + GRUB2 + Xen development. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 08/19] x86/boot/reloc: Rename some variables and rearrange code a bit

Replace mbi with mbi_out and mbi_old with mbi_in and rearrange code a bit to make it more readable. Additionally, this way multiboot (v1) protocol implementation and future multiboot2 protocol implementation will use the same variable naming convention. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 04/19] x86/boot/reloc: reduce assembly usage as much as possible

Next patch will leave just required jmp instruction in xen/x86/boot/reloc.c. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- xen/arch/x86/boot/build32.lds |1 + xen/arch/x86/boot/build32.mk |2 +- xen/arch/x86/boot/reloc.c

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 10/19] efi: move efi struct initialization to xen/common/lib.c

and remove efi symbol from ld script. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v4 - suggestions/fixes: - move efi struct initialization to xen/common/lib.c and drop one from xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c (suggested by Jan Beulich), - improve commit message (sug

Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.7.0 boot PANIC on kernel 4.7.0-4 + UEFI ?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:25:42AM -0700, li...@ssl-mail.com wrote: > > Hmmm Could you provide full console dump from Xen and Linux kernel? > > Will serial console output with these options > > kernel: earlyprintk=xen,keep debug loglevel=8 > hypervisor: loglvl=all

Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.7.0 boot PANIC on kernel 4.7.0-4 + UEFI ?

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 09:09:52PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > > > Sadly not. The debug symbols need to be specific to the exact binary > > > > you booted. > > > > > > > > Any change in the compilation will result in the translation being > > > > useless. What addr2line is doing is

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 00/11] grub-xen: support booting huge pv-domains

On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 12:33:17PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 12/05/16 07:35, Juergen Gross wrote: > > Gentle ping... > > Okay, now 4 months since posting the last version. Could it please be > included in a more timely manner? Juergen and others, please be patient a bit longer. GNU,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 0/9] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 04:27:24PM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote: > On 2/2/17 4:01 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am sending fourteenth version of multiboot2 protocol support for > > legacy BIOS and EFI platforms. This patch series release contains > > fix

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 1/9] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support

Add multiboot2 protocol support. Alter min memory limit handling as we now may not find it from either multiboot (v1) or multiboot2. This way we are laying the foundation for EFI + GRUB2 + Xen development. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 6/9] x86/setup: use XEN_IMG_OFFSET instead of...

..calculating its value during runtime. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Doug Goldstein <car...@cardoe.com> --- xen/arch/x86/setup.c |4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 3/9] efi: create new early memory allocator

because it is quite simple and requires limited number of changes, especially in __start_xen(). New allocator is quite generic and can be used on ARM platforms too. Though it is not enabled on ARM yet due to lack of some prereq. List of them is placed before ebmalloc code. Signed-off-by: Daniel

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 8/9] x86/boot: rename sym_phys() to sym_offs()

-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Doug Goldstein <car...@cardoe.com> --- v8 - suggestions/fixes: - improve commit message (suggested by Jan Beulich). ---

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 7/9] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

se for Xen data relative addressing in 32-bit code if it is possible; %esi is used for that thing during error printing because it is not always possible to properly and efficiently initialize %fs. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v13 - suggestions/f

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 9/9] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images

Add multiboot2 protocol support for relocatable images. Only GRUB2 with "multiboot2: Add support for relocatable images" patch understands that feature. Older multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible loaders ignore it and everything works as usual. Signed-off-by: Da

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 5/9] x86: change default load address from 1 MiB to 2 MiB

load address from 1 MiB to 2 MiB. This way page table code will be nice and easy. Hence, there is a chance that it will be less error prone too... :-))) Additionally, drop first 2 MiB mapping from Xen image mapping. It is no longer needed. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 0/9] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

/include/xen/config.h |1 + xen/include/xen/multiboot2.h | 182 ++ 20 files changed, 1095 insertions(+), 124 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (9): x86: add multiboot2 protocol support efi: build xen.gz with EFI code efi: create new early memory

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 4/9] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for EFI platforms

This way Xen can be loaded on EFI platforms using GRUB2 and other boot loaders which support multiboot2 protocol. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> --- v14 - suggestions/fixes: - mark .init.data section as writable; by the way we must change similar definition

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 2/9] efi: build xen.gz with EFI code

This way we will have one Xen binary which can be loaded by three boot protocols: EFI native loader, multiboot (v1) and multiboot2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Doug Goldstein <car...@cardoe.com> ---

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 2/9] efi: build xen.gz with EFI code

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 04:46:14PM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote: > On 2/2/17 4:41 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:01:12PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >> Build xen.gz with EFI code. We need this to support multiboot2 > >> protocol on EFI plat

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v14 4/9] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for EFI platforms

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:01:14PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > This way Xen can be loaded on EFI platforms using GRUB2 and > other boot loaders which support multiboot2 protocol. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> > --- > v14 - suggestions/fixes:

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