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author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-02-15 09:25:08 -0800 |
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committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-02-15 09:25:08 -0800 |
commit | 0da3e7f526fde7a6522a3038b7ce609fc50f6707 (patch) | |
tree | c6e2dacd96fe7eac8312f3d7c22e0995dc423879 /Documentation | |
parent | 95c9608478d639dcffc14ea47b31bff021a99ed1 (diff) | |
parent | 68d00bbebb5a48b7a9056a8c03476a71ecbc30a6 (diff) |
Merge branch 'x86/mm2' into x86/mm
x86/mm2 is testing out fine, but has developed conflicts with x86/mm
due to patches in adjacent code. Merge them so we can drop x86/mm2
and have a unified branch.
Resolved Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 65 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 71 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 363e348bff9b..da0e0773ca96 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. is selected automatically. Check Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details. + crashkernel_low=size[KMG] + [KNL, x86] parts under 4G. + crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory in the running system. The syntax of range is diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 406d82d5d2bb..0e383169839a 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Protocol 2.10: (Kernel 2.6.31) Added a protocol for relaxed alignment Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover protocol entry point. +Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.9) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields + to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk + above 4G in 64bit. + **** MEMORY LAYOUT The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or @@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel 0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not 0235/1 2.10+ min_alignment Minimum alignment, as a power of two -0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused +0236/2 2.12+ xloadflags Boot protocol option flags 0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line 023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture 0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data @@ -582,6 +586,27 @@ Protocol: 2.10+ misaligned kernel. Therefore, a loader should typically try each power-of-two alignment from kernel_alignment down to this alignment. +Field name: xloadflags +Type: read +Offset/size: 0x236/2 +Protocol: 2.12+ + + This field is a bitmask. + + Bit 0 (read): XLF_KERNEL_64 + - If 1, this kernel has the legacy 64-bit entry point at 0x200. + + Bit 1 (read): XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G + - If 1, kernel/boot_params/cmdline/ramdisk can be above 4G. + + Bit 2 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32 + - If 1, the kernel supports the 32-bit EFI handoff entry point + given at handover_offset. + + Bit 3 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64 + - If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point + given at handover_offset + 0x200. + Field name: cmdline_size Type: read Offset/size: 0x238/4 @@ -1029,6 +1054,44 @@ must have read/write permission; CS must be __BOOT_CS and DS, ES, SS must be __BOOT_DS; interrupt must be disabled; %esi must hold the base address of the struct boot_params; %ebp, %edi and %ebx must be zero. +**** 64-bit BOOT PROTOCOL + +For machine with 64bit cpus and 64bit kernel, we could use 64bit bootloader +and we need a 64-bit boot protocol. + +In 64-bit boot protocol, the first step in loading a Linux kernel +should be to setup the boot parameters (struct boot_params, +traditionally known as "zero page"). The memory for struct boot_params +could be allocated anywhere (even above 4G) and initialized to all zero. +Then, the setup header at offset 0x01f1 of kernel image on should be +loaded into struct boot_params and examined. The end of setup header +can be calculated as follows: + + 0x0202 + byte value at offset 0x0201 + +In addition to read/modify/write the setup header of the struct +boot_params as that of 16-bit boot protocol, the boot loader should +also fill the additional fields of the struct boot_params as described +in zero-page.txt. + +After setting up the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load +64-bit kernel in the same way as that of 16-bit boot protocol, but +kernel could be loaded above 4G. + +In 64-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the +64-bit kernel entry point, which is the start address of loaded +64-bit kernel plus 0x200. + +At entry, the CPU must be in 64-bit mode with paging enabled. +The range with setup_header.init_size from start address of loaded +kernel and zero page and command line buffer get ident mapping; +a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selectors +__BOOT_CS(0x10) and __BOOT_DS(0x18); both descriptors must be 4G flat +segment; __BOOT_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS +must have read/write permission; CS must be __BOOT_CS and DS, ES, SS +must be __BOOT_DS; interrupt must be disabled; %rsi must hold the base +address of the struct boot_params. + **** EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL This protocol allows boot loaders to defer initialisation to the EFI diff --git a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt index cf5437deda81..199f453cb4de 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!! 0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table) 0B0/010 ALL olpc_ofw_header OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends +0C0/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits +0C4/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_size ramdisk_size high 32bits +0C8/004 ALL ext_cmd_line_ptr cmd_line_ptr high 32bits 140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info) 1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info) 1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB @@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below) 1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer (below) +1EF/001 ALL sentinel Used to detect broken bootloaders 290/040 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures 2D0/A00 ALL e820_map E820 memory map table (array of struct e820entry) |