[PATCH] x86, eboot: Support initrd loaded above 4G

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Sat Jun 14 2014 - 15:24:24 EST


For boot efi kernel directly without bootloader.
If the kernel support XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G, we should
not limit initrd under hdr->initrd_add_max.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ struct boot_params *make_boot_params(str
int i;
unsigned long ramdisk_addr;
unsigned long ramdisk_size;
+ unsigned long initrd_addr_max;

efi_early = c;
sys_table = (efi_system_table_t *)(unsigned long)efi_early->table;
@@ -1100,14 +1101,21 @@ struct boot_params *make_boot_params(str

memset(sdt, 0, sizeof(*sdt));

+ if (hdr->xloadflags & XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G)
+ initrd_addr_max = -1UL;
+ else
+ initrd_addr_max = hdr->initrd_addr_max;
+
status = handle_cmdline_files(sys_table, image,
(char *)(unsigned long)hdr->cmd_line_ptr,
- "initrd=", hdr->initrd_addr_max,
+ "initrd=", initrd_addr_max,
&ramdisk_addr, &ramdisk_size);
if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
goto fail2;
- hdr->ramdisk_image = ramdisk_addr;
- hdr->ramdisk_size = ramdisk_size;
+ hdr->ramdisk_image = ramdisk_addr & 0xffffffff;
+ hdr->ramdisk_size = ramdisk_size & 0xffffffff;
+ boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image = (u64)ramdisk_addr >> 32;
+ boot_params->ext_ramdisk_size = (u64)ramdisk_size >> 32;

return boot_params;
fail2:
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