[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] start of day mem layout
> I am working on updating the mini-os to work on XEN 2.0. I am > currently working on the memory management part of mini-os. I am > trying to undestand the start of day memory layout that the guest > domain (mini-os) gets from XEN when it 1st boots up. From what I > undestand, 4 MB of memory are already mapped and virtual memory > from 0xC000_0000 to 0xC040_0000 (4MB) are accessible. XEN already > allocates a pgd and ONE page table for this 4MB vritual memory > mapping. A worthy effort, thanks for doing this. I can't remember this stuff off-hand, but hopefully someone who's done a port recently will speak up. Ian > I am booting mini-os with 16 MB of memory and these are the > information I get: > > shared_info 0xc0001000 > pfn_to_mfn 0xc0010000 > Page Global Directory 0xc0014000 > Page Table 0xc0015000 > start_info 0xc0016000 > > Also, I think my kernel image contains some symbols such as _text, > _etext, _edata, _end. > > _text 0xc0000000 > _etext 0xc0007c04 > _edata 0xc000d2c0 > _end 0x819 > > I try to draw the virtual mem layout below. Sorry if it does not > appear correctly because of different fonts. > > _edata start_info > c000d2c0 c0016000 > shared_info | PGD | > c0001000 | c0014000 | > | | | | > ------------------------------------------ > | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > ------------------------------------------ > | | | | > c0000000 | c0010000 c0015000 > _text | pfn_to_mfn PT > | > _etext > c0007c04 > > I have a few questions. If someone could give some feedback that > would be very appreciated. > > I am not sure if those symbols _text, _etext, _edata and _end are > meaningful or not, but is it correct to have the shared_info in the > middle of my kernel image between _text and _etext ? > > The default control ring between domain0 and a guest OS is found > at shared_info + 2048 offset, is that still valid ? > > Is there anything important after the start_info structure ? > Is address starting at c0016000 + sizeof(start_info) available > to use ? > > Also my _end symbol is found at address 0x819, so I don't quite > udnestand that. Maybe something wrong I am doing in the linking > process of my kernel image. > > Thanks > Richard > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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