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authorRoy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org>2013-09-22 15:45:31 -0700
committerMatt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>2013-09-25 12:34:37 +0100
commitc6866d7238d4f26055de8db9c1d5a700e554b2d4 (patch)
treeaafea85b4a8276b233332b2e0503bb009f29efde /drivers/firmware
parent38dd9c02c3f2ed461165db22b93fae7f3ddde9ac (diff)
downloadlinux-c6866d7238d4f26055de8db9c1d5a700e554b2d4.tar.bz2
efi: Move relocate_kernel() to shared file.
The relocate_kernel() function will be generalized and used by all architectures, as they all have similar requirements. Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firmware')
-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c35
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
index a25675833598..333ed9c37751 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -485,3 +485,38 @@ fail:
return status;
}
+
+static efi_status_t relocate_kernel(struct setup_header *hdr)
+{
+ unsigned long start, nr_pages;
+ efi_status_t status;
+
+ /*
+ * The EFI firmware loader could have placed the kernel image
+ * anywhere in memory, but the kernel has various restrictions
+ * on the max physical address it can run at. Attempt to move
+ * the kernel to boot_params.pref_address, or as low as
+ * possible.
+ */
+ start = hdr->pref_address;
+ nr_pages = round_up(hdr->init_size, EFI_PAGE_SIZE) / EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+ status = efi_call_phys4(sys_table->boottime->allocate_pages,
+ EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS, EFI_LOADER_DATA,
+ nr_pages, &start);
+ if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+ status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table, hdr->init_size,
+ hdr->kernel_alignment, &start);
+ if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+ efi_printk(sys_table, "Failed to alloc mem for kernel\n");
+ }
+
+ if (status == EFI_SUCCESS)
+ memcpy((void *)start, (void *)(unsigned long)hdr->code32_start,
+ hdr->init_size);
+
+ hdr->pref_address = hdr->code32_start;
+ hdr->code32_start = (__u32)start;
+
+ return status;
+}