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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 13/13] docs/misc/hvmlite: Point to the canonical definition of hvm_start_info
From: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
--
2.1.4
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