Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 2/3] * util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in: Add xen_boot command support for aarch64

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/05/17 08:06, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch adds the support of xen_boot command for aarch64:
>     xen_hypervisor
>     xen_module
> These two commands are only for aarch64, since it has its own protocol and
> commands to boot xen hypervisor and Dom0, but not multiboot.
>
> For other architectures, they are still using multiboot and module
> commands.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry if I am jumping in late and asking awkward questions, but what is
special about Xen/aarch64 here?  Why is it using a non-standard entry
mechanism?

~Andrew

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