[PATCH v7 00/12] kexec kernel efi runtime support

[Toshi Kani]

On Fri, 2013-12-20 at 18:02 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> Here is the V7 patchset for supporting kexec kernel efi runtime.
> Per pervious discussion I pass the 1st kernel efi runtime mapping
> via setup_data to 2nd kernel. Besides of the runtime mapping
> info I also pass the fw_vendor, runtime, config table, smbios
> physical address in setup_data. EFI spec mentioned fw_vendor,
> runtime, config table addresses will be converted to virt address
> after entering virtual mode, but we will use it as physical address
> in efi_init. For smbios EFI spec did not mention about the address
> updating, but during my test on a HP workstation, the bios will
> convert it to Virt addr, thus pass it in setup_data as well.
> 
> For fw_vendor, runtime, config table, I export them in /sys/firmware/
> efi/, smbios is already in /sys/firmware/efi/systab.
> 
> For efi runtime mapping I add a new directory /sys/firmware/efi/
> runtime-map/ like below
> [dave at darkstar ~]$ tree /sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/
> /sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/
> |__ 0
> |   |__ attribute
> |   |__ num_pages
> |   |__ phys_addr
> |   |__ type
> |   |__ virt_addr
> |__ 1
> [snip]
> 
> kexec-tools will assemble them as setup_data and pass to 2nd kernel.
> I will send userspace patches as well.
> 
> Limitation is I only write support for x86_64, test on below machines:
> Lenovo thinkpad t420
> Dell inspiron 14 - 3421
> HP Z420 workstation
> Qemu + OVMF

Tested on an HP 60-way UEFI platform (proto).  For the series:

Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hp.com>

Thanks,
-Toshi