Paul Jackson [Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:22:02 +0000 (07:22 -0700)]
x86 boot: x86_64 efi compiler warning fix
Fix a compiler warning. Rather than always casting a u32 to a pointer
(which generates a warning on x86_64 systems) instead separate the
x86_32 and x86_64 assignments entirely with ifdefs. Until other recent
changes to this code, it used to have x86_64 separated like this.
Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: "Jack Steiner" <steiner@sgi.com> Cc: "Mike Travis" <travis@sgi.com> Cc: "Huang Cc: Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: "Andi Kleen" <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo Molnar [Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:19:22 +0000 (22:19 +0200)]
x86: build fix
fix:
arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c:409: error: 'enable_local_apic' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c:409: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c:409: error: for each function it appears in.)
Yinghai Lu [Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:14:27 +0000 (01:14 -0700)]
x86: clean up init_amd()
1. move out calling of check_enable_amd_mmconf_dmi out of setup_64.c
put it into init_amd(), so don't need to make extra dmi check for
system with other cpus.
2. 15 --> 0xf
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo Molnar [Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:31:54 +0000 (20:31 +0200)]
x86: fix sleep.c build error
fix:
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c: In function ‘acpi_save_state_mem':
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c:75: error: ‘stack_start' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c:75: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported
only once
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c:75: error: for each function it appears in.)
Glauber Costa [Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:05:39 +0000 (23:05 -0700)]
x86: take load_sp0 out of smpboot.c
there's no particular reason to do load_sp0 in different
places for i386 and x86_64. They should all be in cpu_init.
Right now, cpu_init itself is not integrated, but with this patch,
the code becomes closer to each other, making in easier to integrate
when the time comes.
Furthermore, although doing it in do_boot_cpu for x86_64 is fine, since it's
only a copy, load_sp0 should be executed in the cpu it refers to anyway.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Wed, 4 Jun 2008 05:03:07 +0000 (02:03 -0300)]
x86: change naming to match x86_64
Change unmap_cpu_to_logical_apicid to numa_remove_cpu.
Besides being shorter, it is the same name x86_64 uses. We
can save an ifdef in the code this way.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Thu, 29 May 2008 03:34:19 +0000 (20:34 -0700)]
x86: change __setup_vector_irq with setup_vector_irq
We create a version of it for i386, and then take the CONFIG_X86_64
ifdef out of the game. We could create a __setup_vector_irq for i386,
but it would incur in an unnecessary lock taking. Moreover, it is better
practice to only export setup_vector_irq anyway.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Thu, 29 May 2008 03:05:46 +0000 (20:05 -0700)]
x86: remove ifdef from stepping
The stepping won't affect x86_64, since there are not x86_64 k7's
or pentiums. So, although it adds to the binary size, remove the ifdef
for smoother integration
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Wed, 28 May 2008 15:57:02 +0000 (12:57 -0300)]
x86: use initial_code for i386
x86_64 jumps to whatever is written in "initial_code" symbol,
instead of a fixed address. Do it for i386 too. It will allow us
to integrate more of the smp boot code.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Wed, 28 May 2008 23:19:53 +0000 (16:19 -0700)]
x86: move x86_64 gdt closer to i386
i386 and x86_64 used two different schemes for maintaining the gdt.
With this patch, x86_64 initial gdt table is defined in a .c file,
same way as i386 is now. Also, we call it "gdt_page", and the descriptor,
"early_gdt_descr". This way we achieve common naming, which can allow for
more code integration.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Glauber Costa [Wed, 28 May 2008 01:22:54 +0000 (18:22 -0700)]
x86: use stack_start in x86_64
call x86_64's init_rsp stack_start, just as i386 does.
Put a zeroed stack segment for consistency. With this,
we can eliminate one ugly ifdef in smpboot.c.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
build: add __page_aligned_data and __page_aligned_bss
Making a variable page-aligned by using
__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned"))) is fragile because if
sizeof(variable) is not also a multiple of page size, it leaves
variables in the remainder of the section unaligned.
This patch introduces two new qualifiers, __page_aligned_data and
__page_aligned_bss to set the section *and* the alignment of
variables. This makes page-aligned variables more robust because the
linker will make sure they're aligned properly. Unfortunately it
requires *all* page-aligned data to use these macros...
Cliff Wickman [Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:16:24 +0000 (11:16 -0500)]
x86, SGI UV: TLB shootdown using broadcast assist unit, v6
v6: 6/19 close the security hole in uv_ptc_proc_write())
> Found a potential security hole while doing that:
> static ssize_t uv_ptc_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user,
> size_t count, loff_t *data)
> if (copy_from_user(optstr, user, count))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> is count guaranteed to never be larger than 64?
Jack Steiner [Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:51:05 +0000 (21:51 -0500)]
x86: fix stack overflow for large values of MAX_APICS
physid_mask_of_physid() causes a huge stack (12k) to be created if the
number of APICS is large. Replace physid_mask_of_physid() with a
new function that does not create large stacks. This is a problem only
on large x86_64 systems.
Ingo Molnar [Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:51:57 +0000 (14:51 +0200)]
SGI UV: TLB shootdown using broadcast assist unit, fix
fix:
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c: In function ‘uv_table_bases_init':
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c:612: error: ‘bau_tabsp' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c:612: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c:612: error: for each function it appears in.)
Cliff Wickman [Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:23:48 +0000 (08:23 -0500)]
SGI UV: TLB shootdown using broadcast assist unit, cleanups
TLB shootdown for SGI UV.
v1: 6/2 original
v2: 6/3 corrections/improvements per Ingo's review
v3: 6/4 split atomic operations off to a separate patch (Jeremy's review)
v4: 6/12 include <mach_apic.h> rather than <asm/mach-bigsmp/mach_apic.h>
(fixes a !SMP build problem that Ingo found)
fix the index on uv_table_bases[blade]
Cliff Wickman [Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:56:14 +0000 (08:56 -0500)]
x86, SGI UV: TLB shootdown using broadcast assist unit
TLB shootdown for SGI UV.
Depends on patch (in tip/x86/irq):
x86-update-macros-used-by-uv-platform.patch Jack Steiner May 29
This patch provides the ability to flush TLB's in cpu's that are not on
the local node. The hardware mechanism for distributing the flush
messages is the UV's "broadcast assist unit".
The hook to intercept TLB shootdown requests is a 2-line change to
native_flush_tlb_others() (arch/x86/kernel/tlb_64.c).
This code has been tested on a hardware simulator. The real hardware
is not yet available.
The shootdown statistics are provided through /proc/sgi_uv/ptc_statistics.
The use of /sys was considered, but would have required the use of
many /sys files. The debugfs was also considered, but these statistics
should be available on an ongoing basis, not just for debugging.
Issues to be fixed later:
- The IRQ for the messaging interrupt is currently hardcoded as 200
(see UV_BAU_MESSAGE). It should be dynamically assigned in the future.
- The use of appropriate udelay()'s is untested, as they are a problem
in the simulator.
Bernhard Walle [Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:46:31 +0000 (15:46 +0200)]
x86: use reserve_bootmem_generic() to reserve crashkernel memory on x86_64
This patch uses reserve_bootmem_generic() instead of reserve_bootmem()
to reserve the crashkernel memory on x86_64. That's necessary for NUMA
machines, see 00212fef814612245ed0261cbac8426d0c9a31a5:
[PATCH] Fix kdump Crash Kernel boot memory reservation for NUMA machines
This patch will fix a boot memory reservation bug that trashes memory on
the ES7000 when loading the kdump crash kernel.
The code in arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c to reserve boot memory for the crash
kernel uses the non-numa aware "reserve_bootmem" function instead of the
NUMA aware "reserve_bootmem_generic". I checked to make sure that no other
function was using "reserve_bootmem" and found none, except the ones that
had NUMA ifdef'ed out.
I have tested this patch only on an ES7000 with NUMA on and off (numa=off)
in a single (non-NUMA) and multi-cell (NUMA) configurations.
Signed-off-by: Amul Shah <amul.shah@unisys.com> Looks-good-to: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
The switch-back to reserve_bootmem() was accidentally introduced in 5c3391f9f749023a49c64d607da4fb49263690eb when adding the BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE
parameter.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Bernhard Walle [Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:46:30 +0000 (15:46 +0200)]
x86: add flags parameter to reserve_bootmem_generic()
This patch adds a 'flags' parameter to reserve_bootmem_generic() like it
already has been added in reserve_bootmem() with commit 72a7fe3967dbf86cb34e24fbf1d957fe24d2f246.
It also changes all users to use BOOTMEM_DEFAULT, which doesn't effectively
change the behaviour. Since the change is x86-specific, I don't think it's
necessary to add a new API for migration. There are only 4 users of that
function.
The change is necessary for the next patch, using reserve_bootmem_generic()
for crashkernel reservation.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Randy Dunlap [Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:10:59 +0000 (11:10 -0700)]
x86: fix setup.c printk format warning
Fix setup.c printk format warning:
linux-next-20080605/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c: In function 'setup_per_cpu_areas':
linux-next-20080605/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:173: warning: format '%lu' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 2 has type 'ssize_t'
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
sched, numa: replace MAX_NUMNODES with nr_node_ids in kernel/sched.c
* Replace usages of MAX_NUMNODES with nr_node_ids in kernel/sched.c,
where appropriate. This saves some allocated space as well as many
wasted cycles going through node entries that are non-existent.
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.cpuinit.text+0x3c6e): In function `get_local_pda':
: undefined reference to `_cpu_pda'
arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.cpuinit.text+0x3cd1): In function `get_local_pda':
: undefined reference to `after_bootmem'
arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.cpuinit.text+0x3cec): In function `get_local_pda':
: undefined reference to `_cpu_pda'
make[2]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:13 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: remove static boot_cpu_pda array v2
* Remove the boot_cpu_pda array and pointer table from the data section.
Allocate the pointer table and array during init. do_boot_cpu()
will reallocate the pda in node local memory and if the cpu is being
brought up before the bootmem array is released (after_bootmem = 0),
then it will free the initial pda. This will happen for all cpus
present at system startup.
This removes 512k + 32k bytes from the data section.
For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree.
Based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: remove the static 256k node_to_cpumask_map
* Consolidate node_to_cpumask operations and remove the 256k
byte node_to_cpumask_map. This is done by allocating the
node_to_cpumask_map array after the number of possible nodes
(nr_node_ids) is known.
* Debug printouts when CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is active have
been increased. It now shows faults when calling node_to_cpumask()
and node_to_cpumask_ptr().
For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree.
Based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: restore pda nodenumber field
* Restore the nodenumber field in the x86_64 pda. This field is slightly
different than the x86_cpu_to_node_map mainly because it's a static
indication of which node the cpu is on while the cpu to node map is a
dyanamic mapping that may get reset if the cpu goes offline. This also
simplifies the numa_node_id() macro.
For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree.
Based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: cleanup early per cpu variables/accesses v4
* Introduce a new PER_CPU macro called "EARLY_PER_CPU". This is
used by some per_cpu variables that are initialized and accessed
before there are per_cpu areas allocated.
["Early" in respect to per_cpu variables is "earlier than the per_cpu
areas have been setup".]
The DEFINE macro defines the per_cpu variable as well as the early
map and pointer. It also initializes the per_cpu variable and map
elements to "_initvalue". The early_* macros provide access to
the initial map (usually setup during system init) and the early
pointer. This pointer is initialized to point to the early map
but is then NULL'ed when the actual per_cpu areas are setup. After
that the per_cpu variable is the correct access to the variable.
The early_per_cpu() macro is not very efficient but does show how to
access the variable if you have a function that can be called both
"early" and "late". It tests the early ptr to be NULL, and if not
then it's still valid. Otherwise, the per_cpu variable is used
instead:
* Add a flag "arch_provides_topology_pointers" that indicates pointers
to topology cpumask_t maps are available. Otherwise, use the function
returning the cpumask_t value. This is useful if cpumask_t set size
is very large to avoid copying data on to/off of the stack.
* The coverage of CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS has been increased while
the non-debug case has been optimized a bit.
* Remove an unreferenced compiler warning in drivers/base/topology.c
* Clean up #ifdef in setup.c
For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree.
Based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: modify Kconfig to allow up to 4096 cpus
* Increase the limit of NR_CPUS to 4096 and introduce a boolean
called "MAXSMP" which when set (e.g. "allyesconfig"), will set
NR_CPUS = 4096 and NODES_SHIFT = 9 (512).
* Changed max setting for NODES_SHIFT from 15 to 9 to accurately
reflect the real limit.
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mike Travis [Mon, 12 May 2008 19:21:12 +0000 (21:21 +0200)]
x86: fix remove cpu_pda table patch
Mike Travis wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> [Ingo - please replace "PATCH 07/11" with this one.]
>>>
>>> * Remove 544k bytes from the kernel by removing the boot_cpu_pda
>>> array from the data section and allocating it during startup.
>>>
>>> Fixed panic in setup_per_cpu_areas when HOTPLUG_CPU not set.
>>>
>>> For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree.
>> sched-devel.git randconfig testing found another crash with your queue:
>>
>> [ 0.111060] Brought up 1 CPUs
>> [ 0.111986] Total of 1 processors activated (4022.73 BogoMIPS).
>> [ 0.112987] Testing NMI watchdog ... <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040
>> [ 0.114982] IP: [<ffffffff8180d4a0>] check_nmi_watchdog+0xb0/0x210
>> [ 0.114982] PGD 0
>> [ 0.114982] Oops: 0000 [1] SMP
>> [ 0.114982] CPU 0
>> [............]
>>
>> http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Mon_Apr_28_23_25_25_CEST_2008.bad
>> http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/log-Mon_Apr_28_23_25_25_CEST_2008.bad
>>
>> Ingo
>
> Hi Ingo,
>
> I need a bit more information on your hardware configuration. Building a
> kernel with the above config file started up fine on both the Intel and AMD
> boxes.
>
> Based on the above output it looks like it might be a UP machine?
...
Ok, I think I found it. In check_nmi_watchdog():
for (cpu = 0; cpu < NR_CPUS; cpu++)
prev_nmi_count[cpu] = cpu_pda(cpu)->__nmi_count;
As I mentioned it works fine on both of my systems so could you try it out?
Thanks!
Mike
--
* Change function check_nmi_watchdog() to use nr_cpu_ids instead of NR_CPUS.
Based on:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Matthew Garrett [Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:12:06 +0000 (01:12 +0100)]
x86, ioapic, acpi quirk: disable IRQ 0 through I/O APIC for some HP systems
Some HP laptops have a problem with their DSDT reporting as
HP/SB400/10000, which includes some code which overrides all temperature
trip points to 16C if the INTIN2 input of the I/O APIC is enabled. This
input is incorrectly designated the ISA IRQ 0 via an interrupt source
override even though it is wired to the output of the master 8259A and
INTIN0 is not connected at all. So far two models have been identified,
namely nx6125 and nx6325.
Use a knob provided by the I/O APIC interrupt registration code to
abandon any attempts to route IRQ 0 through the I/O APIC for these
systems.
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
x86, ioapic, acpi: add a knob to disable IRQ 0 through I/O APIC
As discovered recently some systems exhibit problems when the 8254 timer
IRQ is routed through the I/O APIC. These problems do not affect the
timer IRQ itself and therefore cannot be detected when the correctness of
operation of the interrupt is verified in check_timer(). Therefore the
I/O APIC path of the timer IRQ has to be disabled entirely.
This is a change that lets platforms ask for the timer IRQ not to be
registered in the I/O APIC interrupt tables. The local APIC and ExtINTA
paths are unaffected. This request is only taken into account for ACPI
platforms as MP table systems seem unaffected so far.
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Yinghai Lu [Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:33:31 +0000 (07:33 -0700)]
x86: simplify x86_mpparse dependency check
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> said:
> Given X86_64 selects X86_LOCAL_APIC I am not sure the redundancy seen
>above does not actually obscure the logic behind... I think:
>
> depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && !X86_VISWS
>
>would be clearer and get the same.
Suggested-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Yinghai Lu [Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:13:09 +0000 (12:13 -0700)]
x86: let MPS support be selectable, v2
v2: seperate "fix for compiling when MPPARSE is not set" to another patch
make X86_MPPARSE to be selectable only when acpi is set and
X86_MPPARSE will be set if acpi is not set.
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Yinghai Lu [Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:29:31 +0000 (17:29 -0700)]
x86: update mptable fix with no ioapic v2
if the system doesn't have ioapic, we don't need to store entries for mptable
update
also let mp_config_acpi_gsi not call func in mpparse
so later could decouple mpparse with acpi more easily
Reported-by: Daniel Exner <dex@dragonslave.de> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Daniel Exner <dex@dragonslave.de> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Huang, Ying [Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:33:39 +0000 (11:33 +0800)]
x86 boot: pass E820 memory map entries more than 128 via linked list of setup data
Because of the size limits of struct boot_params (zero page), the
maximum number of E820 memory map entries can be passed to kernel is
128. As pointed by Paul Jackson, there is some machine produced by SGI
with so many nodes that the number of E820 memory map entries is more
than 128. To enabling Linux kernel on these system, a new setup data
type named SETUP_E820_EXT is defined to pass additional memory map
entries to Linux kernel.
This patch is based on x86/auto-latest branch of git-x86 tree and has
been tested on x86_64 and i386 platform.
projects / karo-tx-linux.git / log