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Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocol: add xloadflags and additional
fields to allow the command line, initramfs and struct boot_params to
live above the 4 GiB mark.

The xloadflags now communicates if this is a 64-bit kernel with the
legacy 64-bit entry point and which of the EFI handover entry points
are supported.

Avoid adding new read flags to loadflags because of claimed
bootloaders testing the whole byte for == 1 to determine bzImageness
at least until the issue can be researched further.

This is based on patches by Yinghai Lu and David Woodhouse.

Originally-by: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>
Originally-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Matt Fleming <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Cc: Rob Landley <[email protected]>
Cc: Gokul Caushik <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Cc: Joe Millenbach <[email protected]>
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27 changes: 26 additions & 1 deletion Documentation/x86/boot.txt
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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Protocol 2.10: (Kernel 2.6.31) Added a protocol for relaxed alignment
Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover
protocol entry point.

Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.9) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk
above 4G in 64bit.

**** MEMORY LAYOUT

The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
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0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
0235/1 2.10+ min_alignment Minimum alignment, as a power of two
0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused
0236/2 2.12+ xloadflags Boot protocol option flags
0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -582,6 +586,27 @@ Protocol: 2.10+
misaligned kernel. Therefore, a loader should typically try each
power-of-two alignment from kernel_alignment down to this alignment.

Field name: xloadflags
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x236/2
Protocol: 2.12+

This field is a bitmask.

Bit 0 (read): XLF_KERNEL_64
- If 1, this kernel has the legacy 64-bit entry point at 0x200.

Bit 1 (read): XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G
- If 1, kernel/boot_params/cmdline/ramdisk can be above 4G.

Bit 2 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32
- If 1, the kernel supports the 32-bit EFI handoff entry point
given at handover_offset.

Bit 3 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64
- If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point
given at handover_offset + 0x200.

Field name: cmdline_size
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x238/4
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table)
0B0/010 ALL olpc_ofw_header OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends
0C0/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits
0C4/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_size ramdisk_size high 32bits
0C8/004 ALL ext_cmd_line_ptr cmd_line_ptr high 32bits
140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info)
1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)
1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB
Expand All @@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below)
1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer
(below)
1EF/001 ALL sentinel Used to detect broken bootloaders
290/040 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures
2D0/A00 ALL e820_map E820 memory map table
(array of struct e820entry)
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39 changes: 29 additions & 10 deletions arch/x86/boot/header.S
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <asm/e820.h>
#include <asm/page_types.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>
#include <asm/bootparam.h>
#include "boot.h"
#include "voffset.h"
#include "zoffset.h"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ section_table:
# header, from the old boot sector.

.section ".header", "a"
.globl sentinel
sentinel: .byte 0xff, 0xff /* Used to detect broken loaders */

.globl hdr
hdr:
setup_sects: .byte 0 /* Filled in by build.c */
Expand All @@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ _start:
# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S

.ascii "HdrS" # header signature
.word 0x020b # header version number (>= 0x0105)
.word 0x020c # header version number (>= 0x0105)
# or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
.globl realmode_swtch
realmode_swtch: .word 0, 0 # default_switch, SETUPSEG
Expand All @@ -297,13 +301,7 @@ type_of_loader: .byte 0 # 0 means ancient bootloader, newer

# flags, unused bits must be zero (RFU) bit within loadflags
loadflags:
LOADED_HIGH = 1 # If set, the kernel is loaded high
CAN_USE_HEAP = 0x80 # If set, the loader also has set
# heap_end_ptr to tell how much
# space behind setup.S can be used for
# heap purposes.
# Only the loader knows what is free
.byte LOADED_HIGH
.byte LOADED_HIGH # The kernel is to be loaded high

setup_move_size: .word 0x8000 # size to move, when setup is not
# loaded at 0x90000. We will move setup
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relocatable_kernel: .byte 0
#endif
min_alignment: .byte MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN_LG2 # minimum alignment
pad3: .word 0

xloadflags:
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
# define XLF0 XLF_KERNEL_64 /* 64-bit kernel */
#else
# define XLF0 0
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
# ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
# define XLF23 XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64 /* 64-bit EFI handover ok */
# else
# define XLF23 XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32 /* 32-bit EFI handover ok */
# endif
#else
# define XLF23 0
#endif
.word XLF0 | XLF23

cmdline_size: .long COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1 #length of the command line,
#added with boot protocol
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#define INIT_SIZE VO_INIT_SIZE
#endif
init_size: .long INIT_SIZE # kernel initialization size
handover_offset: .long 0x30 # offset to the handover
handover_offset:
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
.long 0x30 # offset to the handover
# protocol entry point
#else
.long 0
#endif

# End of setup header #####################################################

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SECTIONS
.bstext : { *(.bstext) }
.bsdata : { *(.bsdata) }

. = 497;
. = 495;
.header : { *(.header) }
.entrytext : { *(.entrytext) }
.inittext : { *(.inittext) }
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63 changes: 46 additions & 17 deletions arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
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@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_H
#define _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_H

/* setup_data types */
#define SETUP_NONE 0
#define SETUP_E820_EXT 1
#define SETUP_DTB 2
#define SETUP_PCI 3

/* ram_size flags */
#define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK 0x07FF
#define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG 0x8000
#define RAMDISK_LOAD_FLAG 0x4000

/* loadflags */
#define LOADED_HIGH (1<<0)
#define QUIET_FLAG (1<<5)
#define KEEP_SEGMENTS (1<<6)
#define CAN_USE_HEAP (1<<7)

/* xloadflags */
#define XLF_KERNEL_64 (1<<0)
#define XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G (1<<1)
#define XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32 (1<<2)
#define XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64 (1<<3)

#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/screen_info.h>
#include <linux/apm_bios.h>
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#include <asm/ist.h>
#include <video/edid.h>

/* setup data types */
#define SETUP_NONE 0
#define SETUP_E820_EXT 1
#define SETUP_DTB 2
#define SETUP_PCI 3

/* extensible setup data list node */
struct setup_data {
__u64 next;
Expand All @@ -28,9 +47,6 @@ struct setup_header {
__u16 root_flags;
__u32 syssize;
__u16 ram_size;
#define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK 0x07FF
#define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG 0x8000
#define RAMDISK_LOAD_FLAG 0x4000
__u16 vid_mode;
__u16 root_dev;
__u16 boot_flag;
Expand All @@ -42,10 +58,6 @@ struct setup_header {
__u16 kernel_version;
__u8 type_of_loader;
__u8 loadflags;
#define LOADED_HIGH (1<<0)
#define QUIET_FLAG (1<<5)
#define KEEP_SEGMENTS (1<<6)
#define CAN_USE_HEAP (1<<7)
__u16 setup_move_size;
__u32 code32_start;
__u32 ramdisk_image;
Expand All @@ -58,7 +70,8 @@ struct setup_header {
__u32 initrd_addr_max;
__u32 kernel_alignment;
__u8 relocatable_kernel;
__u8 _pad2[3];
__u8 min_alignment;
__u16 xloadflags;
__u32 cmdline_size;
__u32 hardware_subarch;
__u64 hardware_subarch_data;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -106,7 +119,10 @@ struct boot_params {
__u8 hd1_info[16]; /* obsolete! */ /* 0x090 */
struct sys_desc_table sys_desc_table; /* 0x0a0 */
struct olpc_ofw_header olpc_ofw_header; /* 0x0b0 */
__u8 _pad4[128]; /* 0x0c0 */
__u32 ext_ramdisk_image; /* 0x0c0 */
__u32 ext_ramdisk_size; /* 0x0c4 */
__u32 ext_cmd_line_ptr; /* 0x0c8 */
__u8 _pad4[116]; /* 0x0cc */
struct edid_info edid_info; /* 0x140 */
struct efi_info efi_info; /* 0x1c0 */
__u32 alt_mem_k; /* 0x1e0 */
Expand All @@ -115,7 +131,20 @@ struct boot_params {
__u8 eddbuf_entries; /* 0x1e9 */
__u8 edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries; /* 0x1ea */
__u8 kbd_status; /* 0x1eb */
__u8 _pad6[5]; /* 0x1ec */
__u8 _pad5[3]; /* 0x1ec */
/*
* The sentinel is set to a nonzero value (0xff) in header.S.
*
* A bootloader is supposed to only take setup_header and put
* it into a clean boot_params buffer. If it turns out that
* it is clumsy or too generous with the buffer, it most
* probably will pick up the sentinel variable too. The fact
* that this variable then is still 0xff will let kernel
* know that some variables in boot_params are invalid and
* kernel should zero out certain portions of boot_params.
*/
__u8 sentinel; /* 0x1ef */
__u8 _pad6[1]; /* 0x1f0 */
struct setup_header hdr; /* setup header */ /* 0x1f1 */
__u8 _pad7[0x290-0x1f1-sizeof(struct setup_header)];
__u32 edd_mbr_sig_buffer[EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX]; /* 0x290 */
Expand All @@ -134,6 +163,6 @@ enum {
X86_NR_SUBARCHS,
};


#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_H */

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