Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:56:54 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86, boot: add mmio serial during compressed boot | From | Yinghai Lu <> |
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 7:53 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > On 07/12/2013 11:47 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> >> for 32 bit, that is ok. >> for 64 bit via 32bit bootloader, arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S >> will set page table for first 4G still ok. >> for 64 bit via 64bit loader, like kexec via bzImage64, First Kernel/Kexec only >> set ident mapping for usable range, so mmio just under 64 is not mapped. >> >> Looks like we need to update boot.txt to add requirement for 64bit bootloader >> that 0-4G need to be all ident mapping? >> > > I think that is an unrealistic requirement, especially if this is the > sole user.
That will cause regression for: 64bit system with kexec/kdump bzImage64. if second kernel carry "console=uart,mmio,0xABCD0000"
or we can extend kexec-tools to make it scan second kernel command line string and one entry into image->segment[]
Yinghai
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