From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.14] ppc32: Allow for bigger compressed kernels
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:32:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051103183256.GJ3839@smtp.west.cox.net> (raw)
The ppc (not ppc64) boot loader (zimage wrapper) has a hard coded limit of
4 MB on the size of an uncompressed kernel it can boot. The boot loader has
been changed to dynamically determine the largest possible kernel and
support it. Relocating the boot loader to a higher address (currently
located at 8 MB) will provide additional room.
Signed-off-by: Mark Bellon <mbellon@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
diff --git a/arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc.c b/arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc.c
--- a/arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc.c
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
* your serial console. If a machine meets these requirements, it can quite
* likely use this code during boot.
*
- * Author: Matt Porter <mporter@mvista.com>
+ * Author: Tom Rini <trini@mvista.com>
* Derived from arch/ppc/boot/prep/misc.c
*
- * 2001 (c) MontaVista, Software, Inc. This file is licensed under
+ * 2001-2005 (c) MontaVista, Software, Inc. This file is licensed under
* the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program
* is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
* or implied.
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
#define INTERACTIVE_CONSOLE 1
#endif
+#define ONE_MB (1 << 20)
+#define MAX_BI_RECS (8 * 1024)
+#define MAX_AVAIL_MEM (4 * ONE_MB)
+#define RAM_RESERVE (4 * ONE_MB)
+
char *avail_ram;
char *end_avail;
char *zimage_start;
@@ -97,7 +102,8 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
#endif
char *cp;
struct bi_record *rec;
- unsigned long initrd_loc = 0, TotalMemory = 0;
+ unsigned long initrd_loc, TotalMemory;
+ unsigned long max_kernel, top_free;
#if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE) || defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_MPSC_CONSOLE)
com_port = serial_init(0, NULL);
@@ -119,9 +125,6 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
*/
TotalMemory = get_mem_size();
- /* assume the chunk below 8M is free */
- end_avail = (char *)0x00800000;
-
/*
* Reveal where we were loaded at and where we
* were relocated to.
@@ -153,7 +156,6 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
* The zImage and initrd will be between start and _end, so they've
* already been moved once. We're good to go now. -- Tom
*/
- avail_ram = (char *)PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long)_end);
puts("zimage at: "); puthex((unsigned long)zimage_start);
puts(" "); puthex((unsigned long)(zimage_size+zimage_start));
puts("\n");
@@ -164,11 +166,51 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
puts(" "); puthex((unsigned long)(&__ramdisk_end));puts("\n");
}
- avail_ram = (char *)0x00400000;
- end_avail = (char *)0x00800000;
+ /*
+ * If there is sufficent memory move the available RAM area after
+ * the zImage (but stay away from the top of RAM). Otherwise fudge
+ * it to fit in below the zImage as it did in the past.
+ */
+
+ top_free = _ALIGN((unsigned long)(_end) + ONE_MB - 1, ONE_MB);
+
+ if ((TotalMemory != 0) &&
+ ((top_free + MAX_AVAIL_MEM + RAM_RESERVE) < TotalMemory)) {
+ avail_ram = (char *) top_free;
+
+ /*
+ * We're linked in the middle of RAM and the kernel starts
+ * at zero. This means that the kernel must fit between
+ * zero and our starting address. Figure out the highest
+ * address below this that will allow a complete
+ * uncompressed kernel and bi_recs to fit - the maximum
+ * kernel size.
+ */
+
+ max_kernel = (unsigned long) &start;
+
+ while (1) {
+ avail_ram = (char *) bootinfo_addr(max_kernel);
+
+ if ((avail_ram + MAX_BI_RECS) < ((char *) &start))
+ break;
+
+ max_kernel -= MAX_BI_RECS;
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ max_kernel = ((unsigned long) &start) - MAX_AVAIL_MEM;
+ avail_ram = max_kernel;
+ }
+
+ end_avail = avail_ram + MAX_AVAIL_MEM;
+
puts("avail ram: "); puthex((unsigned long)avail_ram); puts(" ");
puthex((unsigned long)end_avail); puts("\n");
+ /* Document the limitation */
+ puts("max kernel: "); puthex(max_kernel); puts("\n");
+
if (keyb_present)
CRT_tstc(); /* Forces keyboard to be initialized */
#ifdef CONFIG_GEMINI
@@ -222,32 +264,12 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
puts("\n");
puts("Uncompressing Linux...");
- gunzip(NULL, 0x400000, zimage_start, &zimage_size);
+ gunzip(NULL, max_kernel, zimage_start, &zimage_size);
puts("done.\n");
/* get the bi_rec address */
rec = bootinfo_addr(zimage_size);
- /* We need to make sure that the initrd and bi_recs do not
- * overlap. */
- if ( initrd_size ) {
- unsigned long rec_loc = (unsigned long) rec;
- initrd_loc = (unsigned long)(&__ramdisk_begin);
- /* If the bi_recs are in the middle of the current
- * initrd, move the initrd to the next MB
- * boundary. */
- if ((rec_loc > initrd_loc) &&
- ((initrd_loc + initrd_size) > rec_loc)) {
- initrd_loc = _ALIGN((unsigned long)(zimage_size)
- + (2 << 20) - 1, (2 << 20));
- memmove((void *)initrd_loc, &__ramdisk_begin,
- initrd_size);
- puts("initrd moved: "); puthex(initrd_loc);
- puts(" "); puthex(initrd_loc + initrd_size);
- puts("\n");
- }
- }
-
bootinfo_init(rec);
if ( TotalMemory )
bootinfo_append(BI_MEMSIZE, sizeof(int), (void*)&TotalMemory);
@@ -258,7 +280,7 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long load_add
if (initrd_size) {
unsigned long initrd[2];
- initrd[0] = initrd_loc;
+ initrd[0] = (unsigned long)(&__ramdisk_begin);
initrd[1] = initrd_size;
bootinfo_append(BI_INITRD, sizeof(initrd), &initrd);
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
next reply other threads:[~2005-11-03 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-03 18:32 Tom Rini [this message]
2005-11-04 4:25 ` [PATCH 2.6.14] ppc32: Allow for bigger compressed kernels Olof Johansson
2005-11-04 14:50 ` Tom Rini
2005-11-04 15:00 ` Matt Porter
2005-11-05 5:16 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-05 17:50 ` Tom Rini
2005-11-05 17:56 ` Andrew Morton
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