| Message ID | 20130106130935.GE3440@redhat.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
On 06.01.2013, at 14:09, Gleb Natapov wrote: > Big real mode is fully emulated by KVM now, so if control is passed to > the loaded kernel while one of the segment registers is in big real > mode all the real mode part of the Linux start up is emulated. This > slows boot process down. Fix that by resetting ES limit to 0xffff before > jumping into the kernel. > > The patch also removes unused code segment definition from GDT and > changes > ES register to be 16bit in protected mode since CS stays 16bit too and > it is CS segment that determines effective operands and addresses > length. > > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Alex > --- > v1->v2 > - add patch for binary linuxboot.bin > > diff --git a/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin b/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin > index e7c36694f997c3c34f7f4af3c2923bd2ef6094e7..435cac4ebff3fcd83cab4bf74de11f7071ab5aa6 100644 > GIT binary patch > delta 72 > zcmZqRXyBNj#oWTwIZ^izW6s78X^grY3=9l?2hw%`DF%L}13f4D4!pei7sLaB|Nnu+ > PBpBVlxtghlk#QmbUy&EH > > delta 68 > zcmZqRXyBNj#azSGI8pZyW6H)4X^g52K)|nbpyx#2ftL^ef_NbC|38qJbsj=bI={J@ > NsfKa#1||;1e*hia7ytkO > > diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > index 748c831..afe39a5 100644 > --- a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > +++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > @@ -101,18 +101,20 @@ copy_kernel: > mov $1, %eax > mov %eax, %cr0 > > - /* So we can set ES to a 32-bit segment */ > + /* So we can enlarge ES segment limit */ > mov $0x10, %eax > mov %eax, %es > > - /* We're now running in 16-bit CS, but 32-bit ES! */ > - > /* Load kernel and initrd */ > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_KERNEL) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_INITRD) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_CMDLINE) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_SETUP) > > + /* Do not leave ES in big real mode */ > + mov $0x08, %eax > + mov %eax, %es > + > /* And now jump into Linux! */ > mov $0, %eax > mov %eax, %cr0 > @@ -130,10 +132,10 @@ gdt: > /* 0x00 */ > .byte 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 > > - /* 0x08: code segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit code exec/read, DPL=0, 4k) */ > -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00 > + /* 0x08: data segment (base=0, limit=0xffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x00, 0x00 > > - /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00 > + /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x8f, 0x00 > > BOOT_ROM_END > -- > Gleb.
Thanks, applied. On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> wrote: > Big real mode is fully emulated by KVM now, so if control is passed to > the loaded kernel while one of the segment registers is in big real > mode all the real mode part of the Linux start up is emulated. This > slows boot process down. Fix that by resetting ES limit to 0xffff before > jumping into the kernel. > > The patch also removes unused code segment definition from GDT and > changes > ES register to be 16bit in protected mode since CS stays 16bit too and > it is CS segment that determines effective operands and addresses > length. > > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> > --- > v1->v2 > - add patch for binary linuxboot.bin > > diff --git a/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin b/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin > index e7c36694f997c3c34f7f4af3c2923bd2ef6094e7..435cac4ebff3fcd83cab4bf74de11f7071ab5aa6 100644 > GIT binary patch > delta 72 > zcmZqRXyBNj#oWTwIZ^izW6s78X^grY3=9l?2hw%`DF%L}13f4D4!pei7sLaB|Nnu+ > PBpBVlxtghlk#QmbUy&EH > > delta 68 > zcmZqRXyBNj#azSGI8pZyW6H)4X^g52K)|nbpyx#2ftL^ef_NbC|38qJbsj=bI={J@ > NsfKa#1||;1e*hia7ytkO > > diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > index 748c831..afe39a5 100644 > --- a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > +++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S > @@ -101,18 +101,20 @@ copy_kernel: > mov $1, %eax > mov %eax, %cr0 > > - /* So we can set ES to a 32-bit segment */ > + /* So we can enlarge ES segment limit */ > mov $0x10, %eax > mov %eax, %es > > - /* We're now running in 16-bit CS, but 32-bit ES! */ > - > /* Load kernel and initrd */ > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_KERNEL) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_INITRD) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_CMDLINE) > read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_SETUP) > > + /* Do not leave ES in big real mode */ > + mov $0x08, %eax > + mov %eax, %es > + > /* And now jump into Linux! */ > mov $0, %eax > mov %eax, %cr0 > @@ -130,10 +132,10 @@ gdt: > /* 0x00 */ > .byte 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 > > - /* 0x08: code segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit code exec/read, DPL=0, 4k) */ > -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00 > + /* 0x08: data segment (base=0, limit=0xffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x00, 0x00 > > - /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00 > + /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ > +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x8f, 0x00 > > BOOT_ROM_END > -- > Gleb. >
diff --git a/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin b/pc-bios/linuxboot.bin index e7c36694f997c3c34f7f4af3c2923bd2ef6094e7..435cac4ebff3fcd83cab4bf74de11f7071ab5aa6 100644 GIT binary patch delta 72 zcmZqRXyBNj#oWTwIZ^izW6s78X^grY3=9l?2hw%`DF%L}13f4D4!pei7sLaB|Nnu+ PBpBVlxtghlk#QmbUy&EH delta 68 zcmZqRXyBNj#azSGI8pZyW6H)4X^g52K)|nbpyx#2ftL^ef_NbC|38qJbsj=bI={J@ NsfKa#1||;1e*hia7ytkO diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S index 748c831..afe39a5 100644 --- a/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S +++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S @@ -101,18 +101,20 @@ copy_kernel: mov $1, %eax mov %eax, %cr0 - /* So we can set ES to a 32-bit segment */ + /* So we can enlarge ES segment limit */ mov $0x10, %eax mov %eax, %es - /* We're now running in 16-bit CS, but 32-bit ES! */ - /* Load kernel and initrd */ read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_KERNEL) read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_INITRD) read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_CMDLINE) read_fw_blob_addr32(FW_CFG_SETUP) + /* Do not leave ES in big real mode */ + mov $0x08, %eax + mov %eax, %es + /* And now jump into Linux! */ mov $0, %eax mov %eax, %cr0 @@ -130,10 +132,10 @@ gdt: /* 0x00 */ .byte 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 - /* 0x08: code segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit code exec/read, DPL=0, 4k) */ -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00 + /* 0x08: data segment (base=0, limit=0xffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x00, 0x00 - /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=32bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ -.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00 + /* 0x10: data segment (base=0, limit=0xfffff, type=16bit data read/write, DPL=0, 4k) */ +.byte 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0x8f, 0x00 BOOT_ROM_END
Big real mode is fully emulated by KVM now, so if control is passed to the loaded kernel while one of the segment registers is in big real mode all the real mode part of the Linux start up is emulated. This slows boot process down. Fix that by resetting ES limit to 0xffff before jumping into the kernel. The patch also removes unused code segment definition from GDT and changes ES register to be 16bit in protected mode since CS stays 16bit too and it is CS segment that determines effective operands and addresses length. Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> --- v1->v2 - add patch for binary linuxboot.bin -- Gleb.