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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-10-23 18:31:33 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-10-23 18:31:33 +0300
commitac73e08eda885a6723593c45d634b59c63365986 (patch)
tree9af27579a277c00813e369cdec053e4a49b7aad5 /Documentation/x86
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parente7b66d16fe41722350ba87f5788052ef53ee28bb (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-grub2-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 grub2 updates from Ingo Molnar: "This extends the x86 boot protocol to include an address for the RSDP table - utilized by Xen currently. Matching Grub2 patches are pending as well. (Juergen Gross)" * 'x86-grub2-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/acpi, x86/boot: Take RSDP address for boot params if available x86/boot: Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header x86/xen: Fix boot loader version reported for PVH guests
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt32
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 5e9b826b5f62..7727db8f94bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk
above 4G in 64bit.
+Protocol 2.13: (Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
+ xloadflags to support booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit
+ EFI
+
+Protocol 2.14: (Kernel 4.20) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical
+ address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+ The bootloader updates version with:
+ 0x8000 | min(kernel-version, bootloader-version)
+ kernel-version being the protocol version supported by
+ the kernel and bootloader-version the protocol version
+ supported by the bootloader.
+
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -197,6 +209,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0258/8 2.10+ pref_address Preferred loading address
0260/4 2.10+ init_size Linear memory required during initialization
0264/4 2.11+ handover_offset Offset of handover entry point
+0268/8 2.14+ acpi_rsdp_addr Physical address of RSDP table
(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
@@ -309,7 +322,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
Contains the magic number "HdrS" (0x53726448).
Field name: version
-Type: read
+Type: modify
Offset/size: 0x206/2
Protocol: 2.00+
@@ -317,6 +330,12 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
10.17.
+ Up to protocol version 2.13 this information is only read by the
+ bootloader. From protocol version 2.14 onwards the bootloader will
+ write the used protocol version or-ed with 0x8000 to the field. The
+ used protocol version will be the minimum of the supported protocol
+ versions of the bootloader and the kernel.
+
Field name: realmode_swtch
Type: modify (optional)
Offset/size: 0x208/4
@@ -744,6 +763,17 @@ Offset/size: 0x264/4
See EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL below for more details.
+Field name: acpi_rsdp_addr
+Type: write
+Offset/size: 0x268/8
+Protocol: 2.14+
+
+ This field can be set by the boot loader to tell the kernel the
+ physical address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+
+ A value of 0 indicates the kernel should fall back to the standard
+ methods to locate the RSDP.
+
**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM