[coreboot] Multiboot bugfix (coreboot-v3)
Jordan Crouse
jordan.crouse at amd.com
Sat Oct 18 00:51:51 CEST 2008
On 27/09/08 12:14 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I noticed a problem in the multiboot memory map in v3. Instead of the
> reserved region:
>
> addr=0x0, len=0x500
>
> we get:
>
> addr=0x0, len=0x10
>
> the reason being that the multiboot map is generated too early in
> arch_write_tables(), before a number of routines that write/reserve
> stuff are executed (in my test this only affects the 0x0-0x500 region
> but I notice there's other stuff too).
>
> Attached patch moves it down, solving the problem. Because stage1 can no
> longer assume the MBI is at 0xf0000, I had to add a return path for stage2
> to give it a pointer, using its exit status value.
>
> As collateral benefit, my patch removes the FIXME about PIRQ alignment.
>
> --
> Robert Millan
>
> The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
> how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
> still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com>
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