[U-Boot] [PATCH v1 2/2] x86: zImage: Propagate acpi_rsdp_addr to kernel via boot parameters
Andy Shevchenko
andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Wed Jan 10 17:40:15 UTC 2018
New field acpi_rsdp_addr, which has been introduced in boot protocol
v2.14 [1], in boot parameters tells kernel the exact address of RDSP
ACPI table. Knowing it increases robustness of the kernel by avoiding
in some cases traversal through a part of physical memory.
It will slightly reduce boot time by the same reason.
[1] See Linux kernel commit
2f74cbf947f4 ("x86/boot: Add the ACPI RSDP address to struct setup_header::acpi_rdsp_addr")
for the details.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h | 1 +
arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.c | 7 +++++++
arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.h | 10 ++++++++++
arch/x86/lib/zimage.c | 6 ++++++
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
index 48b138c6b0..90768a99ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct setup_header {
__u64 pref_address;
__u32 init_size;
__u32 handover_offset;
+ __u64 acpi_rsdp_addr;
} __attribute__((packed));
struct sys_desc_table {
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.c b/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.c
index 7b33cd371e..45bfc111ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <asm/mpspec.h>
#include <asm/tables.h>
#include <asm/arch/global_nvs.h>
+#include "acpi_table.h"
/*
* IASL compiles the dsdt entries and writes the hex values
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@
*/
extern const unsigned char AmlCode[];
+/*
+ * ACPI RSDP address to be used in boot parameters.
+ */
+unsigned long acpi_rsdp_addr;
+
static void acpi_write_rsdp(struct acpi_rsdp *rsdp, struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt,
struct acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
{
@@ -460,6 +466,7 @@ ulong write_acpi_tables(ulong start)
debug("current = %x\n", current);
+ acpi_rsdp_addr = (unsigned long)rsdp;
debug("ACPI: done\n");
/* Don't touch ACPI hardware on HW reduced platforms */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.h b/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cece5d1420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/acpi_table.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef _X86_LIB_ACPI_TABLES_H
+#define _X86_LIB_ACPI_TABLES_H
+
+extern unsigned long acpi_rsdp_addr;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/zimage.c b/arch/x86/lib/zimage.c
index d224db4e07..eae26635b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/zimage.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/zimage.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <asm/arch/timestamp.h>
#endif
#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "acpi_table.h"
DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
@@ -255,6 +256,11 @@ int setup_zimage(struct boot_params *setup_base, char *cmd_line, int auto_boot,
hdr->hardware_subarch = X86_SUBARCH_INTEL_MID;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE
+ if (bootproto >= 0x020e)
+ hdr->acpi_rsdp_addr = acpi_rsdp_addr;
+#endif
+
setup_video(&setup_base->screen_info);
return 0;
--
2.15.1
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