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* kbuild: move utsrelease.h to include/generatedSam Ravnborg2009-12-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | Fix up all users of utsrelease.h Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* Merge branch 'x86-setup-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2009-06-111-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-setup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, setup: fix comment in the "glove box" code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the video code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the MCA code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the EDD code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the APM code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS interrupts in the core boot code x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS calls -- infrastructure
| * x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS calls -- infrastructureH. Peter Anvin2009-04-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: new interfaces (not yet used) For all the platforms out there, there is an infinite number of buggy BIOSes. This adds infrastructure to treat BIOS interrupts more like toxic waste and "glove box" them -- we switch out the register set, perform the BIOS interrupt, and then restore the previous state. LKML-Reference: <49DE7F79.4030106@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
* | x86, boot: correct the calculation of ZO_INIT_SIZEH. Peter Anvin2009-05-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Correct the calculation of ZO_INIT_SIZE (the amount of memory we need during decompression). One symbol (ZO_startup_32) was missing from zoffset.h, and another (ZO_z_extract_offset) was misspelled. [ Impact: build fix ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* | x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and versionH. Peter Anvin2009-05-121-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A long ago, in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor. There were vikings and boats and some plans for a Linux kernel header. Unfortunately, a single 8-bit field was used for bootloader type and version. This has generally worked without *too* much pain, but we're getting close to flat running out of ID fields. Add extension fields for both type and version. The type will be extended if it the old field is 0xE; the version is a simple MSB extension. Keep /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type containing (type << 4) + (ver & 0xf) for backwards compatiblity, but also add /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_version which contains the full version number. [ Impact: new feature to support more bootloaders ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* | x86, boot: make kernel_alignment adjustable; new bzImage fieldsH. Peter Anvin2009-05-121-2/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make the kernel_alignment field adjustable; this allows us to set it to a large value (intended to be 16 MB to avoid ZONE_DMA contention, memory holes and other weirdness) while a smart bootloader can still force a loading at a lesser alignment if absolutely necessary. Also export pref_address (preferred loading address, corresponding to the link-time address) and init_size, the total amount of linear memory the kernel will require during initialization. [ Impact: allows better kernel placement, gives bootloader more info ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* | x86, boot: make symbols from the main vmlinux availableH. Peter Anvin2009-05-111-3/+4
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | Make symbols from the main vmlinux, as opposed to just compressed/vmlinux, available to header.S. Also, export a few additional symbols. This will be used in a subsequent patch to export the total memory footprint of the kernel. [ Impact: enable future enhancement ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86: remove zImage supportH. Peter Anvin2009-03-111-20/+9Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: obsolete feature removal The zImage kernel format has been functionally unused for a very long time. It is just barely possible to build a modern kernel that still fits within the zImage size limit, but it is highly unlikely that anyone ever uses it. Furthermore, although it is still supported by most bootloaders, it has been at best poorly tested (or not tested at all); some bootloaders are even known to not support zImage at all and not having even noticed. Also remove some really obsolete constants that no longer have any meaning. LKML-Reference: <49B703D4.1000008@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86: use _types.h headers in asm where availableJeremy Fitzhardinge2009-02-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | In general, the only definitions that assembly files can use are in _types.S headers (where available), so convert them. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
* x86 setup: drop SWAP_DEVPaul Bolle2008-09-161-1/+0Star
| | | | | | | | | | Impact: None (cleanup) SWAP_DEV is unused since 2.6.23-rc1. The comment was already incorrect since (at least) 2.6.12. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86, boot: add linked list of struct setup_dataHuang, Ying2008-04-261-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used as a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: boot protocol updatesIan Campbell2008-04-171-4/+2Star
| | | | | | | | | | | Also update field names to simply payload_{offset,length} so as to not rule out uncompressed images. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86: bump image header to version 2.08.Ingo Molnar2008-04-171-1/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: use ELF format in compressed images.Ian Campbell2008-04-171-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* i386: handle an initrd in highmem (version 2)H. Peter Anvin2008-01-301-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The boot protocol has until now required that the initrd be located in lowmem, which makes the lowmem/highmem boundary visible to the boot loader. This was exported to the bootloader via a compile-time field. Unfortunately, the vmalloc= command-line option breaks this part of the protocol; instead of adding yet another hack that affects the bootloader, have the kernel relocate the initrd down below the lowmem boundary inside the kernel itself. Note that this does not rely on HIGHMEM being enabled in the kernel. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86 setup: don't recalculate ss:esp unless really necessaryJens Rottmann2007-11-291-25/+16Star
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In order to work around old LILO versions providing an invalid ss register, the current setup code always sets up a new stack, immediately following .bss and the heap. But this breaks LOADLIN. This rewrite of the workaround checks for an invalid stack (ss!=ds) first, and leaves ss:sp alone otherwise (apart from aligning esp). [hpa note: LOADLIN has a number of arbitrary hard-coded limits that are being pushed up against. Without some major revision of LOADLIN itself it will not be sustainable keeping it alive. This gives it another brief lease on life, however. This patch also helps the cmdline truncation problem with old versions of SYSLINUX.] Signed-off-by: Jens Rottmann <JRottmann at LiPPERT-AT. de> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86 setup: handle boot loaders which set up the stack incorrectlyH. Peter Anvin2007-10-261-18/+44
| | | | | | | | Apparently some specific versions of LILO enter the kernel with a stack pointer that doesn't match the rest of the segments. Make our best attempt at untangling the resulting mess. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* i386: paravirt boot sequenceRusty Russell2007-10-221-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch uses the updated boot protocol to do paravirtualized boot. If the boot version is >= 2.07, then it will do two things: 1. Check the bootparams loadflags to see if we should reload the segment registers and clear interrupts. This is appropriate for normal native boot and some paravirtualized environments, but inapproprate for others. 2. Check the hardware architecture, and dispatch to the appropriate kernel entrypoint. If the bootloader doesn't set this, then we simply do the normal boot sequence. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* i386: move bootThomas Gleixner2007-10-111-0/+283
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>