diff --git a/grub-core/loader/i386/xen_fileXX.c b/grub-core/loader/i386/xen_fileXX.c
index 36b40e4..03215ca 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/i386/xen_fileXX.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/i386/xen_fileXX.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <grub/xen_file.h>
 #include <grub/misc.h>
+#include <xen/elfnote.h>
 
 static grub_err_t
 parse_xen_guest (grub_elf_t elf, struct grub_xen_file_info *xi,
@@ -203,35 +204,35 @@ parse_note (grub_elf_t elf, struct grub_xen_file_info *xi,
       xi->has_note = 1;
       switch (nh->n_type)
 	{
-	case 1:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_ENTRY:
 	  xi->entry_point = grub_le_to_cpu_addr (*(Elf_Addr *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 2:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_HYPERCALL_PAGE:
 	  xi->hypercall_page = grub_le_to_cpu_addr (*(Elf_Addr *) desc);
 	  xi->has_hypercall_page = 1;
 	  break;
-	case 3:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_VIRT_BASE:
 	  xi->virt_base = grub_le_to_cpu_addr (*(Elf_Addr *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 4:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_PADDR_OFFSET:
 	  xi->paddr_offset = grub_le_to_cpu_addr (*(Elf_Addr *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 5:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_XEN_VERSION:
 	  grub_dprintf ("xen", "xenversion = `%s'\n", (char *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 6:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_OS:
 	  grub_dprintf ("xen", "name = `%s'\n", (char *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 7:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_VERSION:
 	  grub_dprintf ("xen", "version = `%s'\n", (char *) desc);
 	  break;
-	case 8:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_LOADER:
 	  if (descsz < 7
 	      || grub_memcmp (desc, "generic", descsz == 7 ? 7 : 8) != 0)
 	    return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_OS, "invalid loader");
 	  break;
 	  /* PAE */
-	case 9:
+	case XEN_ELFNOTE_PAE_MODE:
 	  grub_dprintf ("xen", "pae = `%s', %d, %d\n", (char *) desc,
 			xi->arch, descsz);
 	  if (xi->arch != GRUB_XEN_FILE_I386
diff --git a/include/xen/elfnote.h b/include/xen/elfnote.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xen/elfnote.h
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * elfnote.h
+ *
+ * Definitions used for the Xen ELF notes.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, Ian Campbell, XenSource Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
+#define __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
+
+/*
+ * `incontents 200 elfnotes ELF notes
+ *
+ * The notes should live in a PT_NOTE segment and have "Xen" in the
+ * name field.
+ *
+ * Numeric types are either 4 or 8 bytes depending on the content of
+ * the desc field.
+ *
+ * LEGACY indicated the fields in the legacy __xen_guest string which
+ * this a note type replaces.
+ *
+ * String values (for non-legacy) are NULL terminated ASCII, also known
+ * as ASCIZ type.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * NAME=VALUE pair (string).
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_INFO           0
+
+/*
+ * The virtual address of the entry point (numeric).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: VIRT_ENTRY
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_ENTRY          1
+
+/* The virtual address of the hypercall transfer page (numeric).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: HYPERCALL_PAGE. (n.b. legacy value is a physical page
+ * number not a virtual address)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_HYPERCALL_PAGE 2
+
+/* The virtual address where the kernel image should be mapped (numeric).
+ *
+ * Defaults to 0.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: VIRT_BASE
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_VIRT_BASE      3
+
+/*
+ * The offset of the ELF paddr field from the actual required
+ * pseudo-physical address (numeric).
+ *
+ * This is used to maintain backwards compatibility with older kernels
+ * which wrote __PAGE_OFFSET into that field. This field defaults to 0
+ * if not present.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: ELF_PADDR_OFFSET. (n.b. legacy default is VIRT_BASE)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PADDR_OFFSET   4
+
+/*
+ * The version of Xen that we work with (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: XEN_VER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_XEN_VERSION    5
+
+/*
+ * The name of the guest operating system (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: GUEST_OS
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_OS       6
+
+/*
+ * The version of the guest operating system (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: GUEST_VER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_VERSION  7
+
+/*
+ * The loader type (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: LOADER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_LOADER         8
+
+/*
+ * The kernel supports PAE (x86/32 only, string = "yes", "no" or
+ * "bimodal").
+ *
+ * For compatibility with Xen 3.0.3 and earlier the "bimodal" setting
+ * may be given as "yes,bimodal" which will cause older Xen to treat
+ * this kernel as PAE.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: PAE (n.b. The legacy interface included a provision to
+ * indicate 'extended-cr3' support allowing L3 page tables to be
+ * placed above 4G. It is assumed that any kernel new enough to use
+ * these ELF notes will include this and therefore "yes" here is
+ * equivalent to "yes[entended-cr3]" in the __xen_guest interface.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PAE_MODE       9
+
+/*
+ * The features supported/required by this kernel (string).
+ *
+ * The string must consist of a list of feature names (as given in
+ * features.h, without the "XENFEAT_" prefix) separated by '|'
+ * characters. If a feature is required for the kernel to function
+ * then the feature name must be preceded by a '!' character.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: FEATURES
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES      10
+
+/*
+ * The kernel requires the symbol table to be loaded (string = "yes" or "no")
+ * LEGACY: BSD_SYMTAB (n.b. The legacy treated the presence or absence
+ * of this string as a boolean flag rather than requiring "yes" or
+ * "no".
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_BSD_SYMTAB    11
+
+/*
+ * The lowest address the hypervisor hole can begin at (numeric).
+ *
+ * This must not be set higher than HYPERVISOR_VIRT_START. Its presence
+ * also indicates to the hypervisor that the kernel can deal with the
+ * hole starting at a higher address.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_HV_START_LOW  12
+
+/*
+ * List of maddr_t-sized mask/value pairs describing how to recognize
+ * (non-present) L1 page table entries carrying valid MFNs (numeric).
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_L1_MFN_VALID  13
+
+/*
+ * Whether or not the guest supports cooperative suspend cancellation.
+ * This is a numeric value.
+ *
+ * Default is 0
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_SUSPEND_CANCEL 14
+
+/*
+ * The (non-default) location the initial phys-to-machine map should be
+ * placed at by the hypervisor (Dom0) or the tools (DomU).
+ * The kernel must be prepared for this mapping to be established using
+ * large pages, despite such otherwise not being available to guests.
+ * The kernel must also be able to handle the page table pages used for
+ * this mapping not being accessible through the initial mapping.
+ * (Only x86-64 supports this at present.)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_INIT_P2M      15
+
+/*
+ * Whether or not the guest can deal with being passed an initrd not
+ * mapped through its initial page tables.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_MOD_START_PFN 16
+
+/*
+ * The features supported by this kernel (numeric).
+ *
+ * Other than XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES on pre-4.2 Xen, this note allows a
+ * kernel to specify support for features that older hypervisors don't
+ * know about. The set of features 4.2 and newer hypervisors will
+ * consider supported by the kernel is the combination of the sets
+ * specified through this and the string note.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: FEATURES
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES 17
+
+/*
+ * Physical entry point into the kernel.
+ *
+ * 32bit entry point into the kernel. When requested to launch the
+ * guest kernel in a HVM container, Xen will use this entry point to
+ * launch the guest in 32bit protected mode with paging disabled.
+ * Ignored otherwise.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY 18
+
+/*
+ * The number of the highest elfnote defined.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_MAX XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY
+
+/*
+ * System information exported through crash notes.
+ *
+ * The kexec / kdump code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_CRASH_INFO 
+ * note in case of a system crash. This note will contain various
+ * information about the system, see xen/include/xen/elfcore.h.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_CRASH_INFO 0x1000001
+
+/*
+ * System registers exported through crash notes.
+ *
+ * The kexec / kdump code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_CRASH_REGS 
+ * note per cpu in case of a system crash. This note is architecture
+ * specific and will contain registers not saved in the "CORE" note.
+ * See xen/include/xen/elfcore.h for more information.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_CRASH_REGS 0x1000002
+
+
+/*
+ * xen dump-core none note.
+ * xm dump-core code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_NONE
+ * in its dump file to indicate that the file is xen dump-core
+ * file. This note doesn't have any other information.
+ * See tools/libxc/xc_core.h for more information.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_NONE               0x2000000
+
+/*
+ * xen dump-core header note.
+ * xm dump-core code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_HEADER
+ * in its dump file.
+ * See tools/libxc/xc_core.h for more information.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_HEADER             0x2000001
+
+/*
+ * xen dump-core xen version note.
+ * xm dump-core code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_XEN_VERSION
+ * in its dump file. It contains the xen version obtained via the
+ * XENVER hypercall.
+ * See tools/libxc/xc_core.h for more information.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_XEN_VERSION        0x2000002
+
+/*
+ * xen dump-core format version note.
+ * xm dump-core code will create one XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_FORMAT_VERSION
+ * in its dump file. It contains a format version identifier.
+ * See tools/libxc/xc_core.h for more information.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_DUMPCORE_FORMAT_VERSION     0x2000003
+
+#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__ */
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ * mode: C
+ * c-file-style: "BSD"
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * tab-width: 4
+ * indent-tabs-mode: nil
+ * End:
+ */
