@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk
above 4G in 64bit.
+Protocol 2.13: (Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
+ xloadflags to support booting a 64 bit kernel from 32 bit
+ EFI
+
+Protocol 2.14 (Kernel 4.16) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical
+ address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -197,6 +204,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0258/8 2.10+ pref_address Preferred loading address
0260/4 2.10+ init_size Linear memory required during initialization
0264/4 2.11+ handover_offset Offset of handover entry point
+0268/8 2.14+ acpi_rsdp_addr Physical address of RSDP table
(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
@@ -744,6 +752,17 @@ Offset/size: 0x264/4
See EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL below for more details.
+Field name: acpi_rsdp_addr
+Type: write
+Offset/size: 0x268/8
+Protocol: 2.14+
+
+ This field can be set by the boot loader to tell the kernel the
+ physical address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+
+ A value of 0 indicates the kernel should fall back to the standard
+ methods to locate the RSDP (search in EBDA/low memory).
+
**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _start:
# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
.ascii "HdrS" # header signature
- .word 0x020d # header version number (>= 0x0105)
+ .word 0x020e # header version number (>= 0x0105)
# or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
.globl realmode_swtch
realmode_swtch: .word 0, 0 # default_switch, SETUPSEG
@@ -558,6 +558,10 @@ pref_address: .quad LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR # preferred load addr
init_size: .long INIT_SIZE # kernel initialization size
handover_offset: .long 0 # Filled in by build.c
+acpi_rsdp_addr: .quad 0 # 64-bit physical pointer to
+ # ACPI RSDP table, added with
+ # version 2.14
+
# End of setup header #####################################################
.section ".entrytext", "ax"
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct setup_header {
__u64 pref_address;
__u32 init_size;
__u32 handover_offset;
+ __u64 acpi_rsdp_addr;
} __attribute__((packed));
struct sys_desc_table {
Xen PVH guests receive the address of the RSDP table from Xen. In order to support booting a Xen PVH guest via grub2 using the standard x86 boot entry we need a way fro grub2 to pass the RSDP address to the kernel. For this purpose expand the struct setup_header to hold the physical address of the RSDP address. Being zero means it isn't specified and has to be located the legacy way (searching through low memory or EBDA). Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> --- Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/boot/header.S | 6 +++++- arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)