Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Increment buffer used to read first boot sector in order to accomodate space for 4k sector

[David Vrabel <dvrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/08/12 15:50, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> 
> If a 4k disk is used for first BIOS disk loader corrupt itself.
> 
> This patch increase sector buffer in order to avoid this overflow
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  xen/arch/x86/boot/edd.S        |    2 +-
>  xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/edd.S b/xen/arch/x86/boot/edd.S
> index 2c8df8c..1c802a6 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/edd.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/edd.S
> @@ -154,4 +154,4 @@ boot_mbr_signature_nr:
>  boot_mbr_signature:
>          .fill   EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX*8,1,0
>  boot_edd_info:
> -        .fill   512,1,0                         # big enough for a disc 
> sector
> +        .fill   4096,1,0                         # big enough for a disc 
> sector

Can we get a #define for this value?

> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S b/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
> index 4421fc2..bd54c9e 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
> @@ -224,6 +224,6 @@ skip_realmode:
>  rm_idt: .word   256*4-1, 0, 0
>  
>  #include "mem.S"
> -#include "edd.S"
>  #include "video.S"
>  #include "wakeup.S"
> +#include "edd.S"

This part looks unnecessary.  Included by mistake?

David


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