On 05.12.18 16:39, Janosch Frank wrote:
> Currently tests are run with the --kernel option of Qemu, which will
> load the ELF file and jump to the start address. When booting from
> disk, we need to specify a start address. This is done by setting the
> initial short PSW at 0x0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> s390x/cstart64.S | 9 ++++++++-
> s390x/flat.lds | 8 +++++++-
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/s390x/cstart64.S b/s390x/cstart64.S
> index dc7ddd6..d382497 100644
> --- a/s390x/cstart64.S
> +++ b/s390x/cstart64.S
> @@ -14,9 +14,16 @@
>
> .section .init
>
> -/* entry point - for KVM + TCG we directly start in 64 bit mode */
> +/*
> + * Short init between 0x10000 and 0x10480 and then jump to 0x11000.
> + * 0x10480 - 0x11000 are written to by bootloader.
> + *
> + * For KVM and TCG kernel boot we are in 64 bit z/Arch mode.
> + * When booting from disk the initial short psw is in 31 bit mode.
> + */
> .globl start
> start:
> + sam64 # Set addressing mode to 64 bit
> /* setup stack */
> larl %r15, stackptr
> /* setup initial PSW mask + control registers*/
> diff --git a/s390x/flat.lds b/s390x/flat.lds
> index b6e2172..7cfd9f9 100644
> --- a/s390x/flat.lds
> +++ b/s390x/flat.lds
> @@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
> SECTIONS
> {
> + .lowcore : {
> + . = 0;
Can you add a comment here describing what this is and what it does?
(31bit PSW jumping to start to be used for booting from disk)
> + LONG(0x00080000)
> + LONG(0x80010000)
> + }
> + . = 0x10000;
> .text : {
> *(.init)
> . = 0x480;
> ipl_args = .;
> - . = 0x600;
> + . = 0x1000;
Can you give me a hint why that change is needed?
> *(.text)
> *(.text.*)
> }
>
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
