Linux panic if this region isn't reserved. When Linux is booted on EFI system, it expects the memory at 0xa0000 to _not_ be conventional memory. Otherwise a variable isn't initialised properly and Linux panic when a virtual console/terminal is asked to be created.
See for more detail: https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2019-03/msg02139.html Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.per...@citrix.com> --- OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c index 7b503f2c4e..25f12c2f9c 100644 --- a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c +++ b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c @@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ XenPublishRamRegions ( Status = XenGetE820Map (&E820Map, &E820EntriesCount); ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status); + AddMemoryBaseSizeHob (0, 0xA0000); + // + // Video memory + Legacy BIOS region, to allow Linux to boot. + // + AddReservedMemoryBaseSizeHob (0xA0000, BASE_1MB - 0xA0000, TRUE); + for (Index = 0; Index < E820EntriesCount; Index++) { UINT64 Base; UINT64 End; @@ -307,6 +313,16 @@ XenPublishRamRegions ( Base = ALIGN_VALUE (Entry->BaseAddr, (UINT64)EFI_PAGE_SIZE); End = (Entry->BaseAddr + Entry->Length) & ~(UINT64)EFI_PAGE_MASK; + // + // Ignore the first 1MB, this is handled before the loop. + // + if (Base < BASE_1MB) { + Base = BASE_1MB; + } + if (Base >= End) { + continue; + } + switch (Entry->Type) { case EfiAcpiAddressRangeMemory: AddMemoryRangeHob (Base, End); -- Anthony PERARD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38733): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/38733 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30998056/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
