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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] arm64: update the introduction of xen boot commands in docs/grub.texi
From: Fu Wei <fu.wei () linaro ! org>
Date: 2016-02-27 17:44:06
Message-ID: CADyBb7twhey+DdauyMbZS8LieeB8WjdbU=G94zMi8Hc_yjuEUg () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Andrei
On 28 February 2016 at 01:26, Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 26.02.2016 14:13, fu.wei@linaro.org пишет:
>> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
>>
>> delete: xen_linux, xen_initrd, xen_xsm
>> add: xen_module
>>
>> This update bases on
>> commit 0edd750e50698854068358ea53528100a9192902
>> Author: Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri Jan 22 10:18:47 2016 +0100
>>
>> xen_boot: Remove obsolete module type distinctions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> docs/grub.texi | 33 ++++++++++-----------------------
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
>> index 82f6fa4..3fbdd99 100644
>> --- a/docs/grub.texi
>> +++ b/docs/grub.texi
>> @@ -3861,9 +3861,7 @@ you forget a command, you can run the command @command{help}
>> * videoinfo:: List available video modes
>> @comment * xen_*:: Xen boot commands
>> * xen_hypervisor:: Load xen hypervisor binary
>> -* xen_linux:: Load dom0 kernel for xen hypervisor
>> -* xen_initrd:: Load dom0 initrd for dom0 kernel
>> -* xen_xsm:: Load xen security module for xen hypervisor
>> +* xen_module:: Load xen modules for xen hypervisor
>> @end menu
>>
>>
>> @@ -5141,30 +5139,19 @@ verbatim as the @dfn{kernel command-line}. Any other binaries must be
>> reloaded after using this command.
>> @end deffn
>>
>> -@node xen_linux
>> -@subsection xen_linux
>> +@node xen_module
>> +@subsection xen_module
>>
>> -@deffn Command xen_linux file [arguments]
>> -Load a dom0 kernel image for xen hypervisor at the booting process of xen.
>> +@deffn Command xen_module [--nounzip] file [arguments]
>> +Load a module for xen hypervisor at the booting process of xen.
>> The rest of the line is passed verbatim as the module command line.
>
> ==
>> +On i386, the modules will be identified by Multiboot(2) protocol.
>> +On arm64, each module will be identified by the order in which the
>> +modules are added.
>
> I think it is better to skip it entirely. It is not really correct -
> neither multiboot protocol provides any module identification (Xen
> probes module types), nor is i386 using multiboot2, nor can all modules
> be probed, so order still matters. To avoid confusion I'd simply
> replaced the above three lines with
>
> Modules should be loaded in the following order:
>
>> +The 1st module: dom0 kernel image
>> +The 2nd module: dom0 ramdisk (optional)
>
> This covers both supported platforms without going into too deep
> details; if you and Vladimir are OK, I'll commit with this change.
Thank you very much!
Sorry I am not familiar with xen on i386, so maybe I misunderstand this.
So please commit with your change, Thanks for your correction :-)
>
>> @end deffn
>>
>> -@node xen_initrd
>> -@subsection xen_initrd
>> -
>> -@deffn Command xen_initrd file
>> -Load a initrd image for dom0 kernel at the booting process of xen.
>> -@end deffn
>> -
>> -@node xen_xsm
>> -@subsection xen_xsm
>> -
>> -@deffn Command xen_xsm file
>> -Load a xen security module for xen hypervisor at the booting process of xen.
>> -See @uref{http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XSM} for more detail.
>> -@end deffn
>> -
>> -
>> @node Networking commands
>> @section The list of networking commands
>>
>>
>
--
Best regards,
Fu Wei
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