This series came from part of the work of removing duplications between
boot code and rewriting part of code from assembly to C.
First patch rework BIOS/PVH paths to reuse some code.
Second patch rewrites EFI code in pure C.
Changes since v1, more details in specific commits:
- style updates;
- comments and descriptions improvements;
- other improvements.
Changes since v2:
- rebased on master, resolved conflicts;
- add comment on trampoline section.
Changes since v3:
- changed new function name;
- declare efi_multiboot2 in a separate header;
- distinguish entry point from using magic number;
- other minor changes (see commens in commits).
Changes since v4:
- rebase on staging;
- set %fs and %gs as other segment registers;
- style and other changes.
Frediano Ziglio (3):
x86/boot: Refactor BIOS/PVH start
x86/boot: Rewrite EFI/MBI2 code partly in C
x86/boot: Improve MBI2 structure check
xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S | 246 +++++++++------------------------
xen/arch/x86/efi/Makefile | 1 +
xen/arch/x86/efi/efi-boot.h | 6 +-
xen/arch/x86/efi/parse-mbi2.c | 66 +++++++++
xen/arch/x86/efi/stub.c | 3 +-
xen/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 18 +++
6 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 xen/arch/x86/efi/parse-mbi2.c
create mode 100644 xen/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
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