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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: arm: introduce uImage probe function for Dom0



Hi Oleksandr,

Thanks you for your patch,

On 19/08/14 05:37, Oleksandr Dmytryshyn wrote:
Patch adds a possibility to boot dom0 kernel from uImage.
This is needed to improve bootime. Comparing to zImage,

boot-time

uImage is not packed, therefore we can save time needed
to unpack.

Change-Id: If92bc895721f0b2fa0a844bb92eddc8f1fdc5498
Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Dmytryshyn <oleksandr.dmytryshyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  xen/arch/arm/kernel.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
index d635a7e..45d92c9 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@

  #include "kernel.h"

+#define UIMAGE32_MAGIC_OFFSET 0x8
+#define UIMAGE32_START_OFFSET 0x4
+#define UIMAGE32_END_OFFSET   0x3

Can you define a structure as it's done for zImage64. It's easier to understand. Also, do you have any link to the uImage protocol?

A quick search doesn't allow me to find anything that match your format here.

[..]

+    /*
+     * Check for an appended DTB.
+     */
+    if ( addr + len + sizeof(dtb_hdr) <= size )
+    {
+        copy_from_paddr(&dtb_hdr, addr + len, sizeof(dtb_hdr));
+
+        if ( be32_to_cpu(dtb_hdr.magic) == DTB_MAGIC )
+            len += be32_to_cpu(dtb_hdr.total_size);
+
+            if ( len - start > addr + size )
+                return -EINVAL;
+    }

This is a legacy on zImage, I don't really want to see it on implementation of a new format. Xen is creating the device tree for DOM0, the developer should not append a device tree.

--
Julien Grall

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