From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] kexec: extend hypercall with improved load/unload ops
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:40:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5139CE3C.8070801@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130308112301.GE10740@debian70-amd64.local.net-space.pl>
On 08/03/13 11:23, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 05:48:11PM +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
>>
>> + /* Need to switch to 32-bit mode? */
>> + testq $KEXEC_RELOC_FLAG_COMPAT, %r8
>> + jnz call_32_bit
>
> Why do you need that? This is not needed because purgatory code
> from kexec-tools always switches to 32-bit mode. Please check
> kexec-tools/purgatory/arch/x86_64/entry64.S.
The sub-architecture is a property of the image. Why should the tool
know or care about the sub-architecture of the hypervisor?
The ABI isn't designed only for kexec-tools.
David
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-21 17:48 [PATCH 0/8] kexec: extended kexec hypercall for use with pv-ops kernels David Vrabel
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86: give FIX_EFI_MPF its own fixmap entry David Vrabel
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 2/8] xen: make GUEST_HANDLE_64() and uint64_aligned_t available everywhere David Vrabel
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 3/8] kexec: add public interface for improved load/unload sub-ops David Vrabel
2013-02-21 22:29 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-02-22 11:49 ` David Vrabel
2013-02-22 8:33 ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-02-22 11:50 ` David Vrabel
2013-02-22 13:09 ` Jan Beulich
2013-03-08 10:50 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 11:52 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-08 12:28 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 12:36 ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-03-08 15:34 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 4/8] kexec: add infrastructure for handling kexec images David Vrabel
2013-03-08 11:37 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 11:42 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-08 11:58 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 5/8] kexec: extend hypercall with improved load/unload ops David Vrabel
2013-02-21 22:41 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-02-22 8:42 ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-02-22 11:54 ` David Vrabel
2013-02-22 13:11 ` Jan Beulich
2013-03-08 11:23 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 11:40 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2013-03-08 12:21 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 14:01 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-08 15:23 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 17:29 ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2013-03-08 21:45 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-08 23:38 ` Andrew Cooper
2013-03-11 11:17 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-11 13:21 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-11 13:30 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-11 13:43 ` David Vrabel
2013-03-11 14:13 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-11 14:27 ` Andrew Cooper
2013-03-11 20:45 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-11 21:18 ` Andrew Cooper
2013-03-12 11:17 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-03-12 11:36 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 6/8] xen: kexec crash image when dom0 crashes David Vrabel
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 7/8] libxc: add hypercall buffer arrays David Vrabel
2013-03-06 14:25 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Jackson
2013-03-07 2:44 ` Ian Campbell
2013-02-21 17:48 ` [PATCH 8/8] libxc: add API for kexec hypercall David Vrabel
2013-03-07 2:46 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Campbell
2013-02-21 22:47 ` [PATCH 0/8] kexec: extended kexec hypercall for use with pv-ops kernels Daniel Kiper
2013-02-22 8:17 ` [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-02-22 11:56 ` David Vrabel
2013-02-26 13:58 ` Don Slutz
2013-03-05 11:04 ` David Vrabel
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-08 18:59 [PATCHv3 0/8] kexec: extend " David Vrabel
2013-04-08 18:59 ` [PATCH 5/8] kexec: extend hypercall with improved load/unload ops David Vrabel
2013-04-09 21:02 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-04-15 18:58 ` David Vrabel
2013-04-16 12:05 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-04-16 14:57 ` David Vrabel
2013-04-16 17:13 [PATCHv4 0/8] kexec: extend kexec hypercall for use with pv-ops kernels David Vrabel
2013-04-16 17:13 ` [PATCH 5/8] kexec: extend hypercall with improved load/unload ops David Vrabel
2013-04-17 12:51 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-04-18 16:29 ` David Vrabel
2013-04-19 8:08 ` Daniel Kiper
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