Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/HVM: rewrite the start info structure definition in binary form

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 05.02.16 at 16:45, <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> El 5/2/16 a les 14:13, Jan Beulich ha escrit:
>> But
>> even then - wouldn't what I've read on the other thread mean
>> at least the filename should be put there (as kind of the first
>> command line element)?
> 
> Really? I didn't get that impression at all, what's the filename useful
> for anyway?

This largely depends on whether you mean to mimic multiboot1 or
multiboot2. Remember the placeholder people have to add to
certain grub2 invocation lines? I think that's a result of their
attempt to had through a file name. But indeed - I've never
understood what it's good for until this request came about: How
else would the consumer know which module is which if there's no
signature or alike inside the file? Iirc someone suggested (in the
context of the discussion here) that Linux might look for "initrd"
in the filename to identify that one. Seems fragile to me, but may
be the only alternative if not demanding multiple modules to be
ordered in a certain way.

Jan


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel