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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/ebda.c')
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1 files changed, 70 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ebda.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ebda.c index afe65dffee80..4312f8ae71b7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ebda.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ebda.c @@ -6,66 +6,92 @@ #include <asm/bios_ebda.h> /* + * This function reserves all conventional PC system BIOS related + * firmware memory areas (some of which are data, some of which + * are code), that must not be used by the kernel as available + * RAM. + * * The BIOS places the EBDA/XBDA at the top of conventional * memory, and usually decreases the reported amount of - * conventional memory (int 0x12) too. This also contains a - * workaround for Dell systems that neglect to reserve EBDA. - * The same workaround also avoids a problem with the AMD768MPX - * chipset: reserve a page before VGA to prevent PCI prefetch - * into it (errata #56). Usually the page is reserved anyways, - * unless you have no PS/2 mouse plugged in. + * conventional memory (int 0x12) too. + * + * This means that as a first approximation on most systems we can + * guess the reserved BIOS area by looking at the low BIOS RAM size + * value and assume that everything above that value (up to 1MB) is + * reserved. + * + * But life in firmware country is not that simple: + * + * - This code also contains a quirk for Dell systems that neglect + * to reserve the EBDA area in the 'RAM size' value ... + * + * - The same quirk also avoids a problem with the AMD768MPX + * chipset: reserve a page before VGA to prevent PCI prefetch + * into it (errata #56). (Usually the page is reserved anyways, + * unless you have no PS/2 mouse plugged in.) + * + * - Plus paravirt systems don't have a reliable value in the + * 'BIOS RAM size' pointer we can rely on, so we must quirk + * them too. + * + * Due to those various problems this function is deliberately + * very conservative and tries to err on the side of reserving + * too much, to not risk reserving too little. + * + * Losing a small amount of memory in the bottom megabyte is + * rarely a problem, as long as we have enough memory to install + * the SMP bootup trampoline which *must* be in this area. * - * This functions is deliberately very conservative. Losing - * memory in the bottom megabyte is rarely a problem, as long - * as we have enough memory to install the trampoline. Using - * memory that is in use by the BIOS or by some DMA device - * the BIOS didn't shut down *is* a big problem. + * Using memory that is in use by the BIOS or by some DMA device + * the BIOS didn't shut down *is* a big problem to the kernel, + * obviously. */ -#define BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES 0x413 -#define LOWMEM_CAP 0x9f000U /* Absolute maximum */ -#define INSANE_CUTOFF 0x20000U /* Less than this = insane */ +#define BIOS_RAM_SIZE_KB_PTR 0x413 -void __init reserve_ebda_region(void) +#define BIOS_START_MIN 0x20000U /* 128K, less than this is insane */ +#define BIOS_START_MAX 0x9f000U /* 640K, absolute maximum */ + +void __init reserve_bios_regions(void) { - unsigned int lowmem, ebda_addr; + unsigned int bios_start, ebda_start; /* - * To determine the position of the EBDA and the - * end of conventional memory, we need to look at - * the BIOS data area. In a paravirtual environment - * that area is absent. We'll just have to assume - * that the paravirt case can handle memory setup - * correctly, without our help. + * NOTE: In a paravirtual environment the BIOS reserved + * area is absent. We'll just have to assume that the + * paravirt case can handle memory setup correctly, + * without our help. */ - if (!x86_platform.legacy.ebda_search) + if (!x86_platform.legacy.reserve_bios_regions) return; - /* end of low (conventional) memory */ - lowmem = *(unsigned short *)__va(BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES); - lowmem <<= 10; - - /* start of EBDA area */ - ebda_addr = get_bios_ebda(); - /* - * Note: some old Dells seem to need 4k EBDA without - * reporting so, so just consider the memory above 0x9f000 - * to be off limits (bugzilla 2990). + * BIOS RAM size is encoded in kilobytes, convert it + * to bytes to get a first guess at where the BIOS + * firmware area starts: */ + bios_start = *(unsigned short *)__va(BIOS_RAM_SIZE_KB_PTR); + bios_start <<= 10; - /* If the EBDA address is below 128K, assume it is bogus */ - if (ebda_addr < INSANE_CUTOFF) - ebda_addr = LOWMEM_CAP; + /* + * If bios_start is less than 128K, assume it is bogus + * and bump it up to 640K. Similarly, if bios_start is above 640K, + * don't trust it. + */ + if (bios_start < BIOS_START_MIN || bios_start > BIOS_START_MAX) + bios_start = BIOS_START_MAX; - /* If lowmem is less than 128K, assume it is bogus */ - if (lowmem < INSANE_CUTOFF) - lowmem = LOWMEM_CAP; + /* Get the start address of the EBDA page: */ + ebda_start = get_bios_ebda(); - /* Use the lower of the lowmem and EBDA markers as the cutoff */ - lowmem = min(lowmem, ebda_addr); - lowmem = min(lowmem, LOWMEM_CAP); /* Absolute cap */ + /* + * If the EBDA start address is sane and is below the BIOS region, + * then also reserve everything from the EBDA start address up to + * the BIOS region. + */ + if (ebda_start >= BIOS_START_MIN && ebda_start < bios_start) + bios_start = ebda_start; - /* reserve all memory between lowmem and the 1MB mark */ - memblock_reserve(lowmem, 0x100000 - lowmem); + /* Reserve all memory between bios_start and the 1MB mark: */ + memblock_reserve(bios_start, 0x100000 - bios_start); } |