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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
To: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: new domain builder breaks compatibility
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:04:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45C1AD2B.7070002@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070131214843.GB15106@totally.trollied.org.uk>

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John Levon wrote:
> To quote xen.h:
> 
> 495  *  9. There is guaranteed to be at least 512kB padding after the final
> 496  *     bootstrap element. If necessary, the bootstrap virtual region is
> 497  *     extended by an extra 4MB to ensure this.

> which, predictably enough, breaks Solaris, which tries to use this area as
> ecratch memory during early boot.

The attached patch should fix this.

cheers,
  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>

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--- tools/libxc/xc_dom_x86.c~	2007-01-31 18:07:56.000000000 +0100
+++ tools/libxc/xc_dom_x86.c	2007-02-01 10:02:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
     extra_pages = dom->alloc_bootstack ? 1 : 0;
     extra_pages += dom->extra_pages;
+    extra_pages += 128; /* 512kB padding */
     pages = extra_pages;
     for (;;)
     {

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-01  9:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-31 21:48 new domain builder breaks compatibility John Levon
2007-02-01  9:04 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2007-02-01 14:55   ` John Levon
2007-02-01 15:15     ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-01 16:22       ` John Levon
2007-02-01 16:33         ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-01 16:38           ` John Levon
2007-02-01 19:17   ` John Levon
2007-02-01 23:13     ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-02  7:59       ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-02 15:08         ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-02 15:13           ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-02 15:22             ` John Levon
2007-02-02  8:02     ` Gerd Hoffmann

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