[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Loading a 32 bit kernel from 64 bit grub-xen
>>> On 01.07.14 at 20:27, <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 7/1/2014 12:18 PM, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >> Ð Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:06:08 -0400 Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx> >> ÐÐÑÐÑ: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >>> I have been trying to fix grub to load a 32 bit kernel from the >>> 64 bit xen build. After fixing up one or two minor issues with >>> the elf loader, I believe I now have it to the point where it >>> jumps correctly to the 32 bit kernel and it crashes there, since >>> it is 32 bit code still executing on a cpu in 64 bit mode. The >>> question is how to return the cpu to 32 bit mode *under xen*? >> >> >> IIRC it was already discussed not long ago and it seems to be Xen >> limitation. You probably need to ask on xen-devel to be sure. >> >> Is it not more simple to use 32 bit grub with 32 bit kernel to >> start with? > > The problem with that is that you have to know in advance which kernel > you are going to boot. That makes configuring virtual hosts harder; > they just want one grub image they can use to chainload whatever the > guest wants to install in their domain. > > Also there must be a way to do this otherwise a 64 bit kernel running > under xen wouldn't be able to execute a 32 bit binary. I suppose I'll > Cc xen-devel. Perhaps there's some confusion about what "kernel" here means: The thing that's the kernel from GrUB's perspective is the hypervisor, i.e. xen.gz or xen.efi. While the former expects to be entered in 32-bit mode, on the Xen side we all agree that this isn't the way things should work under UEFI; Daniel already proposed how to handle this case (Xen should be entered in 64-bit mode, with ExitBootServices() not having got called yet). The thing that you'd traditionally call kernel (e.g. Linux) can be 32- or 64-bit irrespective of GrUB's bitness: Xen knows how to load either (both for Dom0 and, likely irrelevant here, DomU). Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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