Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-12 Thread Juergen Gross
On 12/02/16 13:24, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On 11.02.2016 15:13, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 11/02/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-12 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 11.02.2016 15:13, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 11/02/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >>> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial >>> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. >>> >>> In case th

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-12 Thread Daniel Kiper
Hey Juergen, On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 07:25:02AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: [...] > Okay, let me do some cleanup work on the xen loader: > > - add the possibility to call it multiple times (state reset, free the > allocated memory) > - merge all necessary global variables into one state struct

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-11 Thread Juergen Gross
On 11/02/16 18:25, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 03:13:40PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 11/02/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial mapp

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-11 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 03:13:40PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 11/02/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-11 Thread Juergen Gross
On 11/02/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. >> >> In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the i

Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-11 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:53:24AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. > > In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into > the initial mapping. This will a

[PATCH v2 4/6] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-10 Thread Juergen Gross
Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into the initial mapping. This will allow to load larger initrds and/or support domains with larger memory, a