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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt2
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 7727db8f94bc..5e9b826b5f62 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk
above 4G in 64bit.
-Protocol 2.13: (Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
- xloadflags to support booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit
- EFI
-
-Protocol 2.14: (Kernel 4.20) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical
- address of the ACPI RSDP table.
- The bootloader updates version with:
- 0x8000 | min(kernel-version, bootloader-version)
- kernel-version being the protocol version supported by
- the kernel and bootloader-version the protocol version
- supported by the bootloader.
-
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -209,7 +197,6 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0258/8 2.10+ pref_address Preferred loading address
0260/4 2.10+ init_size Linear memory required during initialization
0264/4 2.11+ handover_offset Offset of handover entry point
-0268/8 2.14+ acpi_rsdp_addr Physical address of RSDP table
(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
@@ -322,7 +309,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
Contains the magic number "HdrS" (0x53726448).
Field name: version
-Type: modify
+Type: read
Offset/size: 0x206/2
Protocol: 2.00+
@@ -330,12 +317,6 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
10.17.
- Up to protocol version 2.13 this information is only read by the
- bootloader. From protocol version 2.14 onwards the bootloader will
- write the used protocol version or-ed with 0x8000 to the field. The
- used protocol version will be the minimum of the supported protocol
- versions of the bootloader and the kernel.
-
Field name: realmode_swtch
Type: modify (optional)
Offset/size: 0x208/4
@@ -763,17 +744,6 @@ Offset/size: 0x264/4
See EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL below for more details.
-Field name: acpi_rsdp_addr
-Type: write
-Offset/size: 0x268/8
-Protocol: 2.14+
-
- This field can be set by the boot loader to tell the kernel the
- physical address of the ACPI RSDP table.
-
- A value of 0 indicates the kernel should fall back to the standard
- methods to locate the RSDP.
-
**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index 73aaaa3da436..804f9426ed17 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -34,23 +34,24 @@ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________
____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
| | | |
ffff800000000000 | -128 TB | ffff87ffffffffff | 8 TB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
- ffff880000000000 | -120 TB | ffffc7ffffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
- ffffc80000000000 | -56 TB | ffffc8ffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
+ ffff880000000000 | -120 TB | ffff887fffffffff | 0.5 TB | LDT remap for PTI
+ ffff888000000000 | -119.5 TB | ffffc87fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
+ ffffc88000000000 | -55.5 TB | ffffc8ffffffffff | 0.5 TB | ... unused hole
ffffc90000000000 | -55 TB | ffffe8ffffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
ffffe90000000000 | -23 TB | ffffe9ffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
ffffea0000000000 | -22 TB | ffffeaffffffffff | 1 TB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
ffffeb0000000000 | -21 TB | ffffebffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
ffffec0000000000 | -20 TB | fffffbffffffffff | 16 TB | KASAN shadow memory
- fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
- | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
- fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
- fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | LDT remap for PTI
- ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
|
- | Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
+ | Identical layout to the 56-bit one from here on:
____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
| | | |
+ fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
+ | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
+ fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
+ fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | ... unused hole
+ ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
ffffff8000000000 | -512 GB | ffffffeeffffffff | 444 GB | ... unused hole
ffffffef00000000 | -68 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 64 GB | EFI region mapping space
ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | ... unused hole
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ Notes:
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
| | | |
0000800000000000 | +64 PB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, still almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
- | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB
| | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
|
@@ -91,23 +92,24 @@ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________
____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
| | | |
ff00000000000000 | -64 PB | ff0fffffffffffff | 4 PB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
- ff10000000000000 | -60 PB | ff8fffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
- ff90000000000000 | -28 PB | ff9fffffffffffff | 4 PB | LDT remap for PTI
+ ff10000000000000 | -60 PB | ff10ffffffffffff | 0.25 PB | LDT remap for PTI
+ ff11000000000000 | -59.75 PB | ff90ffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
+ ff91000000000000 | -27.75 PB | ff9fffffffffffff | 3.75 PB | ... unused hole
ffa0000000000000 | -24 PB | ffd1ffffffffffff | 12.5 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
ffd2000000000000 | -11.5 PB | ffd3ffffffffffff | 0.5 PB | ... unused hole
ffd4000000000000 | -11 PB | ffd5ffffffffffff | 0.5 PB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
ffd6000000000000 | -10.5 PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 2.25 PB | ... unused hole
ffdf000000000000 | -8.25 PB | fffffdffffffffff | ~8 PB | KASAN shadow memory
- fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
- | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
- fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
- fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
|
| Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
| | | |
+ fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
+ | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
+ fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
+ fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | ... unused hole
+ ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
ffffff8000000000 | -512 GB | ffffffeeffffffff | 444 GB | ... unused hole
ffffffef00000000 | -68 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 64 GB | EFI region mapping space
ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | ... unused hole
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
index 97b7adbceda4..68aed077f7b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0C8/004 ALL ext_cmd_line_ptr cmd_line_ptr high 32bits
140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info)
1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)
-1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB
+1E0/004 ALL alt_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB
1E4/004 ALL scratch Scratch field for the kernel setup code
1E8/001 ALL e820_entries Number of entries in e820_table (below)
1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below)