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2013-01-27x86, boot: Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocolH. Peter Anvin
Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocol: add xloadflags and additional fields to allow the command line, initramfs and struct boot_params to live above the 4 GiB mark. The xloadflags now communicates if this is a 64-bit kernel with the legacy 64-bit entry point and which of the EFI handover entry points are supported. Avoid adding new read flags to loadflags because of claimed bootloaders testing the whole byte for == 1 to determine bzImageness at least until the issue can be researched further. This is based on patches by Yinghai Lu and David Woodhouse. Originally-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Originally-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-26-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Cc: Gokul Caushik <caushik1@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Cc: Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@gmail.com>
2012-12-19Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull small x86 fixes from Peter Anvin: "A collection of very small fixes, mostly pure documentation." * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, doc: Document that bootloader ID 4 is used also by iPXE x86, doc: Add a formal bootloader ID for kexec-tools x86, 8042: Enable A20 using KBC to fix S3 resume on some MSI laptops
2012-12-12x86, doc: Document that bootloader ID 4 is used also by iPXEH. Peter Anvin
Etherboot -> gPXE -> iPXE... Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>
2012-12-12x86, doc: Add a formal bootloader ID for kexec-toolsH. Peter Anvin
Add bootloader id D for kexec-tools (it is kexec-tools, not the kexec system call, that builds the data structures, therefore it is kexec-tools which is the "bootloader" for this purpose.) Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50C95832.5030306@zytor.com
2012-10-26x86/boot/doc: Fix grammar and typo in boot.txtKees Cook
Fixes some minor issues in the x86 boot documentation. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121026031702.GA23828@www.outflux.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2012-07-26Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pul x86/efi changes from Ingo Molnar: "This tree adds an EFI bootloader handover protocol, which, once supported on the bootloader side, will make bootup faster and might result in simpler bootloaders. The other change activates the EFI wall clock time accessors on x86-64 as well, instead of the legacy RTC readout." * 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, efi: Handover Protocol x86-64/efi: Use EFI to deal with platform wall clock
2012-07-23x86, doc: Assign a bootloader ID for "Minimal Linux Bootloader"H. Peter Anvin
Assign a bootloader ID for Sebastian Plotz' "Minimal Linux Bootloader" (http://sebastian-plotz.blogspot.de). Sebastian has agreed to make this the pilot for the use of extended boot loader IDs, so this is assigned version ID 0x11 (avoid assigning 0x10 for now to catch bugs with people putting E in the primary ID but leaving the extended ID as zero.) Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Sebastian Plotz <sebastian-plotz@web.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-nq318h0okuaem8x9dpv9854k@git.kernel.org
2012-07-20x86, efi: Handover ProtocolMatt Fleming
As things currently stand, traditional EFI boot loaders and the EFI boot stub are carrying essentially the same initialisation code required to setup an EFI machine for booting a kernel. There's really no need to have this code in two places and the hope is that, with this new protocol, initialisation and booting of the kernel can be left solely to the kernel's EFI boot stub. The responsibilities of the boot loader then become, o Loading the kernel image from boot media File system code still needs to be carried by boot loaders for the scenario where the kernel and initrd files reside on a file system that the EFI firmware doesn't natively understand, such as ext4, etc. o Providing a user interface Boot loaders still need to display any menus/interfaces, for example to allow the user to select from a list of kernels. Bump the boot protocol number because we added the 'handover_offset' field to indicate the location of the handover protocol entry point. Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Acked-and-Tested-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342689828-16815-1-git-send-email-matt@console-pimps.org Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2011-07-12x86, doc only: Correct real-mode kernel header offset for init_sizeDarren Hart
The real-mode kernel header init_size field is located at 0x260 per the field listing in th e"REAL-MODE KERNEL HEADER" section. It is listed as 0x25c in the "DETAILS OF HEADER FIELDS" section, which overlaps with pref_address. Correct the details listing to 0x260. Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/541cf88e2dfe5b8186d8b96b136d892e769a68c1.1310441260.git.dvhart@linux.intel.com CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2011-01-13x86: support XZ-compressed kernelLasse Collin
This integrates the XZ decompression code to the x86 pre-boot code. mkpiggy.c is updated to reserve about 32 KiB more buffer safety margin for kernel decompression. It is done unconditionally for all decompressors to keep the code simpler. The XZ decompressor needs around 30 KiB of heap, so the heap size is increased to 32 KiB on both x86-32 and x86-64. Documentation/x86/boot.txt is updated to list the XZ magic number. With the x86 BCJ filter in XZ, XZ-compressed x86 kernel tends to be a few percent smaller than the equivalent LZMA-compressed kernel. Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Alain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu> Cc: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@free-electrons.com> Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-12x86: Add CE4100 platform supportThomas Gleixner
Add CE4100 platform support. CE4100 needs early setup like moorestown. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <94720fd7f5564a12ebf202cf2c4f4c0d619aab35.1289331834.git.dirk.brandewie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-08-31x86: Add hardware_subarch ID for MoorestownPan, Jacob jun
x86 bootprotocol 2.07 has introduced hardware_subarch ID in the boot parameters provided by FW. We use it to identify Moorestown platforms. [ tglx: Cleanup and paravirt fix ] Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-11x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and versionH. Peter Anvin
A long ago, in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor. There were vikings and boats and some plans for a Linux kernel header. Unfortunately, a single 8-bit field was used for bootloader type and version. This has generally worked without *too* much pain, but we're getting close to flat running out of ID fields. Add extension fields for both type and version. The type will be extended if it the old field is 0xE; the version is a simple MSB extension. Keep /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type containing (type << 4) + (ver & 0xf) for backwards compatiblity, but also add /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_version which contains the full version number. [ Impact: new feature to support more bootloaders ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-05-11x86: document new bzImage fieldsH. Peter Anvin
Document the new bzImage fields for kernel memory placement. [ Impact: adds documentation ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-03-04Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/fixmap', 'x86/mm', 'x86/sched', ↵Ingo Molnar
'x86/setup-lzma', 'x86/signal' and 'x86/urgent' into x86/core
2009-01-15Documentation/x86/boot.txt: modify fieldnameBaodong Chen
Modify field names to the right ones: - start_sys was changed to start_sys_seg - iinitrd_addr_max was changed to ramdisk_max - pad2 was changed to pad2 and pad3 - readmode_swtch was changed to realmode_swtch Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@gmail.com[email]> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-14bzip2/lzma: update boot protocol specificationH. Peter Anvin
Impact: documentation Update the boot protocol specification to include the currently supported file formats and their magic numbers. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-01-04Documentation/x86/boot.txt: payload length was changed to payload_lengthBaodong Chen
Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@gmail.com[email]> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-16x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocolPhilipp Kohlbecher
Impact: clarify documentation Documentation/x86/boot.txt describes payload_offset as the offset from the end of the real-mode code. In fact, it is more accurately described as the offset from the beginning of the protected-mode code, as (a) this is how it is actually calculated and (b) the padding after the real-mode code is not included in the offset. Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-11x86/doc: spelling fix for grubKOSAKI Motohiro
Impact: documentation fix I met okuji-san (GRUB maintainer) yesterday. He said GRuB isn't correct spelled and he want to fix it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-22x86: doc: boot.txt: fix the size of the start_sys fieldH. Peter Anvin
The start_sys field is two bytes, not four. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-07-22x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from Doc/x86/i386H. Peter Anvin
The boot protocol, USB legacy support, and zero-page documentation is common to the x86 platform, not i386-specific. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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