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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 04/10] i386: clean up bzImage generation

To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 04/10] i386: clean up bzImage generation
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:34:10 -0700
Cc: Xen-Devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lkml <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, v12n <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>   
>> -setup_move_size: .word  0x8000              # size to move, when setup is 
>> not
>> +setup_move_size: .word  _setup_size # size to move, when setup is not
>>                                      # loaded at 0x90000. We will move setup
>>                                      # to 0x90000 then just before jumping
>>                                      # into the kernel. However, only the
>>     
>
> This is WRONG and will break 2.00 protocol bootloaders, if any still
> exist, and quite possibly some 2.01 protocol bootloaders.  There are
> definitiely bootloaders in the field that rely on this implicit value.
>   

Ah, I see.  I didn't see any documentation saying that this must be
0x8000.  Or does _setup_size just have to be <= 0x8000?

>> @@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ setup2:
>>      jnz     1f
>>      movw    $0xfffc, %sp    # Make sure we're not zero
>>  1:  movzwl  %sp, %esp       # Clear upper half of %esp
>> -    sti
>>     
>
> Motivation, please?
>   

We talked about this, and you said it was a mistake.  It needn't be in
this patch; it could be separate, or just dropped as far as I'm concerned.

    J

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