From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([2001:1868:205::10] helo=mail.zytor.com) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TcQIz-0001GY-QI for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:42:42 +0000 Message-ID: <50B16975.7010402@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:42:29 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] kexec, x86_64: Load bzImage64 above 4G References: <1353790066-20352-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> <1353790066-20352-7-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Yinghai Lu Cc: Haren Myneni , Simon Horman , kexec@lists.infradead.org, "Eric W. Biederman" , Vivek Goyal On 11/24/2012 04:38 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> need to check xloadflags to see the bzImage is for 64bit relocatable. >> >> -v2: add kexec-bzImage64.c according to Eric. >> -v3: don't need to purgatory under 2g after Eric's change to purgatory code. >> -v4: use locate_hole find position first then add_buffer... suggested by Eric >> add buffer for kernel image at last to make kexec-load faster. >> use xloadflags in setup_header to tell if is bzImage64. >> remove not cross GB boundary searching. >> add --entry-32bit and --real-mode for skipping bzImage64. > > -v5: attached. that is using USE_EXT_BOOT_PARAMS bit in xloadflags > Yinghai, revving the patch is pointless until we agree on the proper architectural direction. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec