Re: [Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image

2015-10-28 Thread Lars Kurth
Guys, given that you "concur [that] the Xen elf note documentation is in a poor state", I was wondering whether we could fix this based on this discussion. Lars > On 27 Oct 2015, at 16:17, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > On 27/10/15 16:03, Carl Patenaude Poulin wrote: >>

Re: [Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image

2015-10-27 Thread Carl Patenaude Poulin
Hi Andrew, Thank you so much for your help! In particular, I find your xen-test-framework code to be very instructive. I have a question about that code, though. I can't find any place where you're specifying that .note should be loaded as a PT_NOTE ELF header. Do you do that anywhere? Or is it

Re: [Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image

2015-10-27 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 27/10/15 16:03, Carl Patenaude Poulin wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thank you so much for your help! In particular, I find your > xen-test-framework code to be very instructive. It is intended to be so, but I have a few more bits and pieces to complete before I declare it v1 and formally release it

Re: [Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image

2015-10-25 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 25/10/2015 00:07, Carl Patenaude Poulin wrote: > Hi all, > > For my undergraduate project, I am developing a simple > paravirtualized x64 Xen unikernel. I've been hitting some issues > that I hope you can help me with! > > I'm trying to figure out how to equip an ELF binary with an ELF note >

[Xen-devel] ELF Notes for kernel image

2015-10-24 Thread Carl Patenaude Poulin
Hi all, For my undergraduate project, I am developing a simple paravirtualized x64 Xen unikernel. I've been hitting some issues that I hope you can help me with! I'm trying to figure out how to equip an ELF binary with an ELF note that marks it as a valid Xen image. I've found the following