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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Use xvc to boot on bare metal
On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 11:14 -0400, Amos Waterland wrote:
> This patch allows Linux compiled with xen_maple_defconfig to boot on
> both bare hardware and as a dom0. I had to respin it to keep up with changes.
>
> Note that this depends on a xen_start_info patch soon to be posted by Jimi.
I don't see the dependency?
> To use, put `xencons=xvc0' in your Linux bootargs, and run
> `mknod /dev/xvc0 c 204 187' in your rootfs. Built and booted up to
> nfsroot on a JS21 ppc64 blade both on bare hardware and as a dom0.
This doesn't seem to be PowerPC-specific. Why don't you send this to
xen-devel?
> Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> arch/powerpc/configs/xen_maple_defconfig | 12 ++++++++++--
> drivers/xen/console/console.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/linux/major.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff -r 968ced1469e8 drivers/xen/console/console.c
> --- a/drivers/xen/console/console.c Tue Oct 17 17:03:31 2006 -0400
> +++ b/drivers/xen/console/console.c Mon Oct 23 22:12:03 2006 -0400
> @@ -63,13 +63,20 @@
> * 'xencons=off' [XC_OFF]: Console is disabled.
> * 'xencons=tty' [XC_TTY]: Console attached to '/dev/tty[0-9]+'.
> * 'xencons=ttyS' [XC_SERIAL]: Console attached to '/dev/ttyS[0-9]+'.
> + * 'xencons=xvc' [XC_XVC]: Console attached to '/dev/xvc[0-9]+'.
> * [XC_DEFAULT]: DOM0 -> XC_SERIAL ; all others -> XC_TTY.
> *
> * NB. In mode XC_TTY, we create dummy consoles for tty2-63. This suppresses
> * warnings from standard distro startup scripts.
> */
> -static enum { XC_OFF, XC_DEFAULT, XC_TTY, XC_SERIAL } xc_mode = XC_DEFAULT;
> +static enum { XC_OFF, XC_DEFAULT, XC_TTY, XC_SERIAL, XC_XVC }
> + xc_mode = XC_DEFAULT;
> static int xc_num = -1;
> +
> +/* If we are in XC_XVC mode (a virtual console at /dev/xvcX), we need to
> + * comply with Lanana and use a minor under the low density serial major.
> + */
> +#define XEN_XVC_MINOR 187
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
> static unsigned long sysrq_requested;
> @@ -85,6 +92,8 @@ static int __init xencons_setup(char *st
> xc_mode = XC_SERIAL;
> else if (!strncmp(str, "tty", 3))
> xc_mode = XC_TTY;
> + else if (!strncmp(str, "xvc", 3))
> + xc_mode = XC_XVC;
> else if (!strncmp(str, "off", 3))
> xc_mode = XC_OFF;
>
> @@ -95,6 +104,11 @@ static int __init xencons_setup(char *st
> xc_num = n;
> break;
> case XC_TTY:
> + n = simple_strtol(str+3, &q, 10);
> + if (q > (str + 3))
> + xc_num = n;
> + break;
> + case XC_XVC:
> n = simple_strtol(str+3, &q, 10);
> if (q > (str + 3))
> xc_num = n;
> @@ -199,6 +213,12 @@ static int __init xen_console_init(void)
> }
>
> switch (xc_mode) {
> + case XC_XVC:
> + strcpy(kcons_info.name, "xvc");
> + if (xc_num == -1)
> + xc_num = 0;
> + break;
> +
> case XC_SERIAL:
> strcpy(kcons_info.name, "ttyS");
> if (xc_num == -1)
> @@ -595,6 +615,11 @@ static int __init xencons_init(void)
> DRV(xencons_driver)->name = "ttyS";
> DRV(xencons_driver)->minor_start = 64 + xc_num;
> DRV(xencons_driver)->name_base = 0 + xc_num;
> + } else if (xc_mode == XC_XVC) {
> + DRV(xencons_driver)->name = "xvc";
> + DRV(xencons_driver)->major = LOW_DENS_SERIAL_MAJOR;
> + DRV(xencons_driver)->minor_start = XEN_XVC_MINOR;
> + DRV(xencons_driver)->name_base = xc_num;
> } else {
> DRV(xencons_driver)->name = "tty";
> DRV(xencons_driver)->minor_start = xc_num;
> diff -r 968ced1469e8 include/linux/major.h
> --- a/include/linux/major.h Tue Oct 17 17:03:31 2006 -0400
> +++ b/include/linux/major.h Mon Oct 23 22:12:03 2006 -0400
> @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
>
> #define MSR_MAJOR 202
> #define CPUID_MAJOR 203
> +#define LOW_DENS_SERIAL_MAJOR 204
>
> #define OSST_MAJOR 206 /* OnStream-SCx0 SCSI tape */
>
> diff -r 968ced1469e8 arch/powerpc/configs/xen_maple_defconfig
> --- a/arch/powerpc/configs/xen_maple_defconfig Tue Oct 17 17:03:31
> 2006 -0400
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/xen_maple_defconfig Tue Oct 24 10:55:38
> 2006 -0400
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> #
> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> # Linux kernel version: 2.6.17
> -# Sat Oct 7 08:37:53 2006
> +# Tue Oct 24 10:51:54 2006
> #
> CONFIG_PPC64=y
> CONFIG_64BIT=y
> @@ -711,10 +711,18 @@ CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
> #
> # Serial drivers
> #
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PCI=y
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4
> +# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is not set
>
> #
> # Non-8250 serial port support
> #
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
> +CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_ICOM is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_JSM is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
> @@ -1168,7 +1176,7 @@ CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
> -CONFIG_XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL=y
> +# CONFIG_XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL is not set
> CONFIG_XEN_SYSFS=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_030002_AND_LATER is not set
> CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_LATEST_ONLY=y
>
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Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center
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