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

[Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wei Liu

On 15 April 2016 at 17:47, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

I have posted the doc patch:
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-04/msg02070.html

could some one review it ??

>
> Wei.



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