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

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 05:45:27PM +0800, Fu Wei wrote:
> Hi Julien,
> 
> On 8 April 2016 at 23:19, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Wei,
> >
> > On 08/04/16 15:58, Wei Liu wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >
> > Yes, it's targeting 4.7. Fu Wei, can you send a follow-up for the doc?
> >
> 
> yes, of course, I will do ASAP.
> 

Yes please. Note that the anticipated release date would be the
beginning of June, so you have five weeks to do that.

Wei.

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