Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-09-02 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 12:58:14AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 01.09.16 at 23:19, wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:46:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 22:50, wrote: > >> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 16:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-09-01 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 01.09.16 at 23:19, wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:46:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 22:50, wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 16:59, wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beuli

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-09-01 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:46:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 31.08.16 at 22:50, wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 16:59, wrote: > >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >> >>> On 20.08.16 at 00:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-09-01 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 31.08.16 at 22:50, wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 31.08.16 at 16:59, wrote: >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >> >>> On 20.08.16 at 00:43, wrote: >> >> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S >> >> > +++ b/xen/ar

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-08-31 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 31.08.16 at 16:59, wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 20.08.16 at 00:43, wrote: [...] > >> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S > >> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S > >> > @@ -12,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-08-31 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 31.08.16 at 16:59, wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 20.08.16 at 00:43, wrote: >> > Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must >> > specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol >> > compa

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-08-31 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 08:41:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 20.08.16 at 00:43, wrote: > > Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must > > specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol > > compatible loader have to load image at speci

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-08-25 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 20.08.16 at 00:43, wrote: > Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must > specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol > compatible loader have to load image at specified address. However, there > is no guarantee that the requested mem

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 15/16] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

2016-08-19 Thread Daniel Kiper
Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol compatible loader have to load image at specified address. However, there is no guarantee that the requested memory region (in case of Xen it starts at 1