The bli module has a hidden/implicit dependency on the part_gpt module.
The part_gpt module has to be loaded before the bli module.
This dependency is not picked up automatically by the build system
because the bli module does not use any function of part_gpt. It just
expects Grub to be able to par
The build system deduces inter-module dependencies from the symbols
required and exported by the modules. This works well, except for some
rare cases where the dependency is indirect or hidden. A module might
not make use of any function of some other module, but still expect its
functionality to b
Improve the documentation of the bli module, explain in more detail what
it does. Make clear that GPT formatted drives are expected and other
partition formats are ignored.
Also reorder and reword this section a bit.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen
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docs/grub.texi | 17 +
1 file
The bli module has a "hidden" dependency on the part_gpt module, which
is not picked up automatically by the build system. One purpose of the
bli module is to communicate the GPT UUID of the partition Grub was
launched from to Linux user-space (systemd-gpt-auto-generator).
Without the part_gpt modu
Daniel,
please do not merge this series yet.
Regards,
Stefan
On 11/15/23 10:59, Stefan Berger wrote:
This series of patches converts the PowerPC ieee1275 memory allocator
for kernel and initrd to use the (PowerPC) regions_claim memory allocator
that takes into account memory regions that a
The regions_claim() function limits the allocation of memory regions
by excluding certain memory areas from being used by GRUB. This for
example includes a gap between 640MB and 768MB as well as an upper
limit beyond which no memory may be used when an fadump is present.
However, the ieee1275 loade
Return the allocated address of the memory block in the request structure
if a memory allocation was actually done. Leave the address untouched
otherwise. This enables a caller who wants to use the allocated memory
directly (rather than adding the memory to the heap) to see where memory
was allocat
This series of patches converts the PowerPC ieee1275 memory allocator
for kernel and initrd to use the (PowerPC) regions_claim memory allocator
that takes into account memory regions that are not allowed to be used,
such as the gap between 640MB and 768MB as well as memory regions beyond
an address
Let the regions_claim() request structure's init_region determine whether
to call grub_mm_init_region() on it. This allows for adding memory to
GRUB's memory heap if init_region is set to true, or direct usage of the
memory otherwise. Set all current callers' init_region to true since they
want to
Rename regions_claim() to grub_regions_claim() to make it available for
memory allocation. The ieee1275 loader will use this function on PowerVM
and KVM on Power and thus avoid usage of memory that it is not allowed
to use.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper
Cc: Hari Bathini
Introduce flags to identify PowerVM and KVM on Power and set them where
each type of host has been detected.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper
Cc: Hari Bathini
Cc: Pavithra Prakash
Cc: Michael Ellerman
Cc: Carolyn Scherrer
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar
Cc: Sourabh Jain
---
gr
Display upper_mem_limit and its rounded-down value in MiB.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger
---
grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c b/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c
index 164cccb2a..72e0292a3 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern
On PowerVM and KVM on Power use the new memory allocation function that
honors restrictions on which memory GRUB can actually use. In the request
structure indicate the request for a single memory block along with
address alignment restrictions. Request direct usage of the memory block
by setting i
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger
---
grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c b/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c
index 5d9d86c12..164cccb2a 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/init.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/ieee1275/
Add support for memory alignment requirements and adjust a candidate
address to it before checking whether the block is large enough. This
must be done in this order since the alignment adjustment can make a
block smaller than what was requested.
None of the current callers has memory alignment re
Display successful memory claims with exact address and rounded-down
MiB location and rounded-up size in MiB.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper
Cc: Eric Snowberg
Cc: Hari Bathini
Cc: Pavithra Prakash
Cc: Michael Ellerman
Cc: Carolyn Scherrer
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar
Cc: S
Quoting Daniel Kiper (2023-11-15 15:14:50)
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 03:12:44AM -0800, Oliver Steffen wrote:
> > Quoting Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko (2023-11-14 19:21:49)
> > > In general series looks good. Few comments:
> > > * I'm unsure about the name. It seems to suggest that people put the
>
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 03:12:44AM -0800, Oliver Steffen wrote:
> Quoting Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko (2023-11-14 19:21:49)
> > In general series looks good. Few comments:
> > * I'm unsure about the name. It seems to suggest that people put the
> > dependencies there by default while in fact it's
Quoting Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko (2023-11-14 19:21:49)
> In general series looks good. Few comments:
> * I'm unsure about the name. It seems to suggest that people put the
> dependencies there by default while in fact it's the last place for it. Maybe
> extra_deps.lst?
>
Sounds good to me.
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