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Curt Brune 3c12cb0384 cbfstool:linux_trampoline: config CS and DS segment descriptors
The Linux trampoline code does not set up the segment descriptors for
__BOOT_CS and __BOOT_DS as described in the Linux kernel
documentation:

  ... a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selectors
  __BOOT_CS(0x10) and __BOOT_DS(0x18); both descriptors must be 4G
  flat segment; __BOOT_CS must have execute/read permission, and
  __BOOT_DS must have read/write permission;

This is not a problem when launching a Linux payload from coreboot, as
coreboot configures the segment descriptors at selectors 0x10 and
0x18.  Coreboot configures these selectors in the ramstage to match
what the Linux kernel expects (see
coreboot/src/arch/x86/lib/c_start.S).

When the cbfs payload is launched in other environments, SeaBIOS for
example, the segment descriptors are configured differently and the
cbfs Linux payload does not work.

If the cbfs Linux payload is to be used in multiple environments
should the trampoline needs to take care of the descriptors that Linux
requires.

This patch updates the Linux trampoline code to configure the 4G flat
descriptors that Linux expects.  The configuration is borrowed from
the descriptor configs in coreboot/src/arch/x86/lib/c_start.S for
selectors 0x10 and 0x18.

The linux_trampoline code is slightly refractored by defining the
trampoline entry address, 0x40000, as TRAMPOLINE_ENTRY_LOC.  This
definition is moved into a separate header file, linux_trampoline.h.
This header file is now included by both the trampoline assembly
language code and the trampoline loader C code.

The trampoline assembly language code can now use TRAMPOLINE_ENTRY_LOC
as scratch space for the sgdt CPU instruction.

Testing Done:

Verified the Linux payload is booted correctly in the following
environments:

1.  Coreboot -> Linux Payload

2.  Coreboot -> SeaBIOS -> Linux Payload: (previously did not work)

Change-Id: I888f74ff43073a6b7318f6713a8d4ecb804c0162
Signed-off-by: Curt Brune <curt@cumulusnetworks.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/6796
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2014-09-04 23:34:32 +02:00
Alexandru Gagniuc ae45a9884b cbfstool: Fix build errors when building with clang
Now that we can set CC to an arbitrary compiler, fix issues that clang
finds. Luckily, there were only two trivial errors.

Change-Id: I0fd1f0f263a8ab7004f39cd36ed42d1a1cba5c04
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/5081
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2014-02-10 05:43:56 +01:00
Patrick Georgi de36d333c2 Add a (b)zImage parser to cbfstool
In the great tradition of LinuxBIOS this allows adding
a kernel as payload. add-payload is extended to also
allow adding an initial ramdisk (-I filename) and a
command line (-C console=ttyS0).

Change-Id: Iaca499a98b0adf0134e78d6bf020b6531a626aaa
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <patrick.georgi@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <patrick@georgi-clan.de>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/3302
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2013-08-31 08:58:34 +02:00