From: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>
To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/31] arm64: Kernel booting and initialisation
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:28:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <504E4D89.3020203@jonmasters.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120910055339.GC31430@game.jcrosoft.org>
On 09/10/2012 01:53 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 19:29 Sun 09 Sep , Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>>
>>> On 17:26 Fri 07 Sep , Catalin Marinas wrote:
>>>> +4. Call the kernel image
>>>> +------------------------
>>>> +
>>>> +Requirement: MANDATORY
>>>> +
>>>> +The decompressed kernel image contains a 32-byte header as follows:
>>>> +
>>>> + u32 magic = 0x14000008; /* branch to stext, little-endian */
>>>> + u32 res0 = 0; /* reserved */
>>>> + u64 text_offset; /* Image load offset */
>>>> + u64 res1 = 0; /* reserved */
>>>> + u64 res2 = 0; /* reserved */
>>> we need to have a magic to known it's a arm64 kernel
>>
>> You have it: it's 0x14000008 at the beginning.
> fragile
Others have commented on the relocatable kernel non-issue. But to this
part, also bear in mind that Catalin pointed out boot standardization
work may change how some AArch64 systems ultimately end up booting.
Thanks,
Jon.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-10 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-07 16:26 [PATCH v3 00/31] AArch64 Linux kernel port Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/31] arm64: Assembly macros and definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/31] arm64: Kernel booting and initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-09 17:20 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-09 23:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 5:53 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 12:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 13:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 14:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 15:00 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 15:21 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 16:08 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 16:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 20:28 ` Jon Masters [this message]
2012-09-10 16:11 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-12 12:08 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-12 13:49 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 15:56 ` Christopher Covington
2012-09-13 17:11 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/31] arm64: Exception handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/31] arm64: MMU definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 05/31] arm64: MMU initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/31] arm64: MMU fault handling and page table management Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/31] arm64: Process management Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/31] arm64: CPU support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 16:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/31] arm64: Cache maintenance routines Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 16:48 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 17:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-14 16:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:35 ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-12 9:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-12 21:55 ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-13 12:38 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 20:14 ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 10/31] arm64: TLB maintenance functionality Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 11/31] arm64: IRQ handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-12 10:24 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 12/31] arm64: Atomic operations Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 13/31] arm64: Device specific operations Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 14/31] arm64: DMA mapping API Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 15/31] arm64: SMP support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 16/31] arm64: ELF definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 17/31] arm64: System calls handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 19:54 ` Al Viro
2012-09-10 9:56 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 13:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:01 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 14:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 15:50 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 18/31] arm64: VDSO support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 19/31] arm64: Signal handling support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 20/31] arm64: User access library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 21/31] arm64: 32-bit (compat) applications support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-13 9:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 11:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-13 15:50 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 22/31] arm64: Floating point and SIMD Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 23/31] arm64: Debugging support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 24/31] arm64: Add support for /proc/sys/debug/exception-trace Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 25/31] arm64: Performance counters support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 26/31] arm64: Miscellaneous library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-12 21:12 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 10:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 27/31] arm64: Loadable modules Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 28/31] arm64: Generic timers support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-08 8:28 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 29/31] arm64: Miscellaneous header files Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 30/31] arm64: Build infrastructure Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 31/31] arm64: MAINTAINERS update Catalin Marinas
2012-09-09 16:31 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 17:57 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 21:17 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-09-10 23:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-07 23:25 ` [PATCH v3 00/31] AArch64 Linux kernel port Olof Johansson
2012-09-12 14:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-08 9:18 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-09-08 13:59 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-08 14:42 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-09-10 17:53 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 20:22 ` Jon Masters
2012-09-12 11:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
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