[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH v3 0/4] efi: Unified Xen hypervisor/kernel/initrd images
This patch series adds support for bundling the xen.efi hypervisor, the xen.cfg configuration file, the Linux kernel and initrd, as well as the XSM, and architectural specific files into a single "unified" EFI executable. This allows an administrator to update the components independently without requiring rebuilding xen, as well as to replace the components in an existing image. The resulting EFI executable can be invoked directly from the UEFI Boot Manager, removing the need to use a separate loader like grub as well as removing dependencies on local filesystem access. And since it is a single file, it can be signed and validated by UEFI Secure Boot without requring the shim protocol. It is inspired by systemd-boot's unified kernel technique and borrows the function to locate PE sections from systemd's LGPL'ed code. During EFI boot, Xen looks at its own loaded image to locate the PE sections for the Xen configuration (`.config`), dom0 kernel (`.kernel`), dom0 initrd (`.initrd`), and XSM config (`.xsm`), which are included after building xen.efi using objcopy to add named sections for each input file. Trammell hudson (4): x86/xen.lds.S: Work around binutils build id alignment bug efi/boot.c: add file.need_to_free and split display_file_info() efi: Enable booting unified hypervisor/kernel/initrd images efi: Do not use command line if secure boot is enabled. .gitignore | 1 + docs/misc/efi.pandoc | 47 ++++++++++++ xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h | 22 ++++-- xen/arch/x86/efi/Makefile | 2 +- xen/arch/x86/efi/efi-boot.h | 7 +- xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S | 1 + xen/common/efi/boot.c | 139 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- xen/common/efi/efi.h | 3 + xen/common/efi/pe.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 9 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) create mode 100644 xen/common/efi/pe.c -- 2.25.1
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