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docs/misc/hvmlite: Sync up hvm_start_info data structure

Message ID 20160718161546.23468-1-anthony.perard@citrix.com (mailing list archive)
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Anthony PERARD July 18, 2016, 4:15 p.m. UTC
It as been modified by:
3c8d890 x86/PVHv2: update the start info structure layout
247d38c xen: change the sizes of memory fields in the HVM start info to be 64bits

Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
---
 docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Andrew Cooper July 18, 2016, 5:49 p.m. UTC | #1
On 18/07/16 17:15, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> It as been modified by:
> 3c8d890 x86/PVHv2: update the start info structure layout
> 247d38c xen: change the sizes of memory fields in the HVM start info to be 64bits
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>

Now that we have (or are just about to get) the start info in the public
API/ABI, it would be better to refer to its canonical location, than to
try to keep multiple copies up to date.

~Andrew
Anthony PERARD July 19, 2016, 9:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 06:49:33PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 18/07/16 17:15, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> > It as been modified by:
> > 3c8d890 x86/PVHv2: update the start info structure layout
> > 247d38c xen: change the sizes of memory fields in the HVM start info to be 64bits
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
> 
> Now that we have (or are just about to get) the start info in the public
> API/ABI, it would be better to refer to its canonical location, than to
> try to keep multiple copies up to date.

I guess I can add a patch to my hvmloader patch series.
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diff --git a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
index c1b75c6..40199c5 100644
--- a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
@@ -41,19 +41,24 @@  The format of the boot start info structure is the following (pointed to
 be %ebx):
 
     struct hvm_start_info {
-    #define HVM_START_MAGIC_VALUE 0x336ec578
+    #define XEN_HVM_START_MAGIC_VALUE 0x336ec578
         uint32_t magic;             /* Contains the magic value 0x336ec578       */
                                     /* ("xEn3" with the 0x80 bit of the "E" set).*/
+        uint32_t version;           /* Version of this structure.                */
         uint32_t flags;             /* SIF_xxx flags.                            */
-        uint32_t cmdline_paddr;     /* Physical address of the command line.     */
         uint32_t nr_modules;        /* Number of modules passed to the kernel.   */
-        uint32_t modlist_paddr;     /* Physical address of an array of           */
+        uint64_t modlist_paddr;     /* Physical address of an array of           */
                                     /* hvm_modlist_entry.                        */
+        uint64_t cmdline_paddr;     /* Physical address of the command line.     */
+        uint64_t rsdp_paddr;        /* Physical address of the RSDP ACPI data    */
+                                    /* structure.                                */
     };
 
     struct hvm_modlist_entry {
-        uint32_t paddr;             /* Physical address of the module.           */
-        uint32_t size;              /* Size of the module in bytes.              */
+        uint64_t paddr;             /* Physical address of the module.           */
+        uint64_t size;              /* Size of the module in bytes.              */
+        uint64_t cmdline_paddr;     /* Physical address of the command line.     */
+        uint64_t reserved;
     };
 
 Other relevant information needed in order to boot a guest kernel