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[Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 15/15] docs/misc/hvmlite: Point to the canonical definition of hvm_start_info



The C struct in the document is no more in sync with the actual
definition of the PVHv2 boot start info.

Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
CC: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

New patch in V7.
---
 docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown | 20 ++------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
index c1b75c6..69d90fe 100644
--- a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
@@ -37,24 +37,8 @@ following machine state:
 All other processor registers and flag bits are unspecified. The OS is in
 charge of setting up it's own stack, GDT and IDT.
 
-The format of the boot start info structure is the following (pointed to
-be %ebx):
-
-    struct hvm_start_info {
-    #define HVM_START_MAGIC_VALUE 0x336ec578
-        uint32_t magic;             /* Contains the magic value 0x336ec578     
  */
-                                    /* ("xEn3" with the 0x80 bit of the "E" 
set).*/
-        uint32_t flags;             /* SIF_xxx flags.                          
  */
-        uint32_t cmdline_paddr;     /* Physical address of the command line.   
  */
-        uint32_t nr_modules;        /* Number of modules passed to the kernel. 
  */
-        uint32_t modlist_paddr;     /* Physical address of an array of         
  */
-                                    /* hvm_modlist_entry.                      
  */
-    };
-
-    struct hvm_modlist_entry {
-        uint32_t paddr;             /* Physical address of the module.         
  */
-        uint32_t size;              /* Size of the module in bytes.            
  */
-    };
+The format of the boot start info structure (pointed to by %ebx) can be found
+in xen/include/public/arch-x86/hvm/start_info.h
 
 Other relevant information needed in order to boot a guest kernel
 (console page address, xenstore event channel...) can be obtained
-- 
Anthony PERARD


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