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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/7] xen/x86: Add mbd.h header file



>>> On 09.08.14 at 01:04, <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/mbd.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Oracle Co., Daniel Kiper
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __MBD_H__
> +#define __MBD_H__
> +
> +/* Module type. */
> +typedef struct {
> +    u32 start;
> +    u32 end;
> +
> +    /* Pointer to a module command line. */
> +    u32 cmdline;
> +
> +    /* If relocated != 0 then a given module was relocated. */
> +    u32 relocated;
> +} boot_module_t;
> +
> +/*
> + * MultiBoot Data (MBD) type. It is used to define variable which
> + * carry over data from multiboot protocol (any version) through
> + * Xen preloader stage. Later all or parts of this data is used
> + * to initialize Xen Boot Info (XBI) structure.
> + */
> +typedef struct {
> +    /* Pointer to boot loader name. */
> +    u32 boot_loader_name;
> +
> +    /* Pointer to Xen command line. */
> +    u32 cmdline;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Amount of lower memory (in KiB) accordingly to The Multiboot
> +     * Specification version 0.6.96.
> +     */
> +    u32 mem_lower;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Amount of upper memory (in KiB) accordingly to The Multiboot
> +     * Specification version 0.6.96.
> +     */
> +    u32 mem_upper;
> +
> +    /* Size (in bytes) of memory map provided by bootloader. */
> +    u32 mmap_size;
> +
> +    /* Pointer to memory map provided by bootloader. */
> +    u32 mmap;
> +
> +    /* Number of modules. */
> +    u32 mods_nr;
> +
> +    /* Pointer to modules description (boot_module_t *). */
> +    u32 mods;
> +} mbd_t;
> +#endif /* __MBD_H__ */

For several of the fields I wonder whether u32 is really the right
data type (i.e. whether u64 wouldn't be more correct going
forward).

Jan


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