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* [PATCH 00/23] x86, realmode: new infrastructure for realmode code
@ 2012-05-08 18:22 Jarkko Sakkinen
  2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 01/23] x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool Jarkko Sakkinen
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From: Jarkko Sakkinen @ 2012-05-08 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: linux-kbuild, Michal Marek, Sam Ravnborg, Joseph Cihula,
	Shane Wang, hpa, Jarkko Sakkinen

I've been working together with H. Peter Anvin in order
replace the ad-hoc real-mode code inside .x86_trampoline
section with an encapsulated binary that is fully relocatable
to any memory location under 1MB. Everything that is needs to
be relocated is relocated during initialization.

Benefits:
- Simplifies things. Real-mode code does not have to find its
own location any more. This makes maintaining and extending 
this code much nicer experience.
- Cleans up code base a lot. Now real-mode code is encapsulated
from kernel both in source tree and in vmlinux.
- We can set proper permissions to pages of text, data/bss
and rodata. Before, .x86_trampoline had just rwx permissions.

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2012-05-08 18:22 [PATCH 00/23] x86, realmode: new infrastructure for realmode code Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 01/23] x86, realmode: 16-bit real-mode code support for relocs tool Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:13   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 02/23] x86, realmode: realmode.bin infrastructure Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:53   ` Sam Ravnborg
2012-05-08 19:14     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 20:15       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 21:11         ` Sam Ravnborg
2012-05-08 21:21           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 22:14   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-09 15:49   ` [PATCH 02/23] " H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]     ` <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205092256240.31031@jsakkine-mobl1.(null)>
2012-05-09 20:06       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 03/23] x86, realmode: Relocator for realmode code Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:15   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 04/23] x86, realmode: Move reboot_32.S to unified " Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:16   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] x86, realmode: Move reboot_32. S " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-09  7:12   ` [PATCH 04/23] x86, realmode: Move reboot_32.S " Paolo Bonzini
     [not found]     ` <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205091525100.6943@jsakkine-mobl2.(null)>
2012-05-09 13:53       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-09 14:15         ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-05-09 14:18           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 05/23] x86, realmode: Move SMP trampoline " Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:17   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 06/23] x86, realmode: Move ACPI wakeup " Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:18   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 07/23] x86, realmode: Set permission for real mode pages Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:19   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 08/23] x86, realmode: Allow absolute pa_* symbols in the realmode code Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:19   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 09/23] x86, realmode: Add .text64 section, make barrier symbols absolute Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:20   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 10/23] x86, realmode: Move bits to the proper sections in trampoline_64.S Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:21   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 11/23] x86, realmode: Align .data section in trampoline_32.S Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:22   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] x86, realmode: Align . data " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 12/23] x86, realmode: Remove indirect jumps in trampoline_64.S Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:23   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 13/23] x86, realmode: Remove indirect jumps in trampoline_32 and wakeup_asm Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:24   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 14/23] x86, realmode: Replace open-coded ljmpw with a macro Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:24   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 15/23] x86, realmode: Move trampoline_*.S early in the link order Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:25   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] x86, realmode: Move trampoline_*. S " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 16/23] x86, realmode: Fix always-zero test in reboot_32.S Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:26   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 17/23] x86, realmode: fix 64-bit wakeup sequence Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:27   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 18/23] x86, realmode: don't copy real_mode_header Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:28   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 19/23] x86, realmode: flattened rm hierachy Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:29   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 20/23] x86, realmode: header for trampoline code Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:29   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 21/23] x86, realmode: move relocs from scripts/ to arch/x86/tools Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:30   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 22/23] x86, realmode: fixes compilation issue in tboot.c Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:31   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 18:22 ` [PATCH 23/23] x86, realmode: read cr4 and EFER from kernel for 64-bit trampoline Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-08 22:32   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] " tip-bot for Jarkko Sakkinen
2012-05-16 20:37   ` [tip:x86/trampoline] x86, realmode: Mask out EFER. LMA when saving trampoline EFER tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin

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