Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-18 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 01:43:33PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 18/02/16 12:18, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 06:19:35PM +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 v3 08/10] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-18 Thread Juergen Gross
On 18/02/16 12:18, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 06:19:35PM +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 v3 08/10] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-18 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 06:19:35PM +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 v3 08/10] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-17 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