Linux panic if the VGA region isn't reserved. When Linux is booted on EFI system, it expects the memory at 0xa0000 to _not_ be conventional memory. Otherwise a variable isn't initialised properly and Linux panic when a virtual console/terminal is asked to be created.
See for more detail: https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2019-03/msg02139.html Ref: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1689 Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.per...@citrix.com> Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> --- Notes: v3: - fix commit message OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c index 182e96cc5b..c3eabe7fa4 100644 --- a/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c +++ b/OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c @@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ XenPublishRamRegions ( Status = XenGetE820Map (&E820Map, &E820EntriesCount); ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status); + AddMemoryBaseSizeHob (0, 0xA0000); + // + // Video memory + Legacy BIOS region, to allow Linux to boot. + // + AddReservedMemoryBaseSizeHob (0xA0000, BASE_1MB - 0xA0000, TRUE); + LocalApic = PcdGet32(PcdCpuLocalApicBaseAddress); AddIoMemoryBaseSizeHob (LocalApic, SIZE_1MB); @@ -307,6 +313,16 @@ XenPublishRamRegions ( Base = ALIGN_VALUE (Entry->BaseAddr, (UINT64)EFI_PAGE_SIZE); End = (Entry->BaseAddr + Entry->Length) & ~(UINT64)EFI_PAGE_MASK; + // + // Ignore the first 1MB, this is handled before the loop. + // + if (Base < BASE_1MB) { + Base = BASE_1MB; + } + if (Base >= End) { + continue; + } + switch (Entry->Type) { case EfiAcpiAddressRangeMemory: AddMemoryRangeHob (Base, End); -- Anthony PERARD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#44539): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/44539 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32644064/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-