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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] xen/arm64: check XSM Magic from the second unknown module.



On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 03:51:22PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Fu Wei,
> 
> On 05/04/16 17:46, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >This patch adds a has_xsm_magic helper function for detecting XSM
> >from the second unknown module.
> >
> >If Xen can't get the kind of module from compatible, we guess the kind of
> >these unknowns respectively:
> >     (1) The first unknown must be kernel.
> >     (2) Detect the XSM Magic from the 2nd unknown:
> >         a. If it's XSM, set the kind as XSM, and that also means we
> >     won't load ramdisk;
> >     b. if it's not XSM, set the kind as ramdisk.
> >     So if user want to load ramdisk, it must be the 2nd unknown.
> 
> The documentation in docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt needs to be
> update.
> 
> Otherwise, the rest of the patch looks good to me.
> 
> Regards,
> 

Is this targeting 4.7? Today is the last day for committing stuff. The
doc can come in later.

Julien and Daniel's acks are needed here.

(I notice this patch is first posted on March 18 hence eligible for
4.7).

Wei.

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