Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-03-02 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 09:14:23AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 02/03/16 08:56, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:55:09AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-03-02 Thread Juergen Gross
On 02/03/16 08:56, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:55:09AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: >> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial >> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. >> >> In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the i

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-03-01 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:55:09AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial > mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. > > In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into > the initial mapping. This will a

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping

2016-02-29 Thread Juergen Gross
Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note. In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into the initial mapping. This will allow to load larger initrds and/or support domains with larger memory, a