linux_dsm_epyc7002/include
Bernhard Walle 69ac9cd629 sysfs: add /sys/firmware/memmap
This patch adds /sys/firmware/memmap interface that represents the BIOS
(or Firmware) provided memory map. The tree looks like:

    /sys/firmware/memmap/0/start   (hex number)
                           end     (hex number)
                           type    (string)
    ...                 /1/start
                           end
                           type

With the following shell snippet one can print the memory map in the same form
the kernel prints itself when booting on x86 (the E820 map).

  --------- 8< --------------------------
    #!/bin/sh
    cd /sys/firmware/memmap
    for dir in * ; do
        start=$(cat $dir/start)
        end=$(cat $dir/end)
        type=$(cat $dir/type)
        printf "%016x-%016x (%s)\n" $start $[ $end +1] "$type"
    done
  --------- >8 --------------------------

That patch only provides the needed interface:

 1. The sysfs interface.
 2. The structure and enumeration definition.
 3. The function firmware_map_add() and firmware_map_add_early()
    that should be called from architecture code (E820/EFI, for
    example) to add the contents to the interface.

If the kernel is compiled without CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP, the interface does
nothing without cluttering the architecture-specific code with #ifdef's.

The purpose of the new interface is kexec: While /proc/iomem represents
the *used* memory map (e.g. modified via kernel parameters like 'memmap'
and 'mem'), the /sys/firmware/memmap tree represents the unmodified memory
map provided via the firmware. So kexec can:

 - use the original memory map for rebooting,
 - use the /proc/iomem for setting up the ELF core headers for kdump
   case that should only represent the memory of the system.

The patch has been tested on i386 and x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
Acked-by: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: yhlu.kernel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08 17:55:41 +02:00
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acpi proper prototype for acpi_processor_tstate_has_changed() 2008-06-11 19:13:46 -04:00
asm-alpha alpha: fix compile error in arch/alpha/mm/init.c 2008-06-23 18:26:04 -07:00
asm-arm [ARM] 5091/1: Add missing bitfield include to regs-lcd.h 2008-06-12 20:49:38 +01:00
asm-avr32 avr32: types: use <asm-generic/int-*.h> for the avr32 architecture 2008-05-02 16:18:20 -07:00
asm-blackfin Blackfin Serial Driver: Use timer to poll CTS PIN instead of workqueue. 2008-06-19 17:46:39 +08:00
asm-cris cris: types: use <asm-generic/int-*.h> for the cris architecture 2008-05-02 16:18:20 -07:00
asm-frv FRV: ip_fast_csum() requires a memory clobber on its inline asm 2008-06-05 10:31:21 -07:00
asm-generic Merge branches 'x86/numa-fixes', 'x86/apic', 'x86/apm', 'x86/bitops', 'x86/build', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpa', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/gart', 'x86/i8259', 'x86/intel', 'x86/irqstats', 'x86/kconfig', 'x86/ldt', 'x86/mce', 'x86/memtest', 'x86/pat', 'x86/ptemask', 'x86/resumetrace', 'x86/threadinfo', 'x86/timers', 'x86/vdso' and 'x86/xen' into x86/devel 2008-07-08 09:16:56 +02:00
asm-h8300 h8300: fix typo in header guard 2008-06-06 11:29:12 -07:00
asm-ia64 [IA64] Fix CONFIG_IA64_SGI_UV build error 2008-06-16 09:02:03 -07:00
asm-m32r asm-m32r/uaccess.h must #include <asm/setup.h> 2008-06-06 11:29:13 -07:00
asm-m68k m68k: Add ext2_find_{first,next}_bit() for ext4 2008-06-12 18:05:39 -07:00
asm-m68knommu m68knommu: rework definition of HZ 2008-05-01 08:08:36 -07:00
asm-mips [MIPS] Fix bug in atomic_sub_if_positive. 2008-07-04 08:22:15 +01:00
asm-mn10300 MN10300: Fix typo in header guard 2008-05-28 07:59:06 -07:00
asm-parisc parisc: fix miscompilation of ip_fast_csum with gcc >= 4.3 2008-06-13 10:49:56 -04:00
asm-powerpc kbuild: fix a.out.h export to userspace with O= build. 2008-06-27 23:13:54 +02:00
asm-ppc [POWERPC] ppc: More compile fixes 2008-05-12 22:57:51 +10:00
asm-s390 [S390] Fix __ctl_load/__ctl_store inline assembly constraints 2008-06-10 10:03:28 +02:00
asm-sh sh: fix miscompilation of ip_fast_csum with gcc >= 4.3 2008-06-02 12:40:14 +09:00
asm-sparc sparc: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 00:33:44 -07:00
asm-sparc64 sparc64: IO accessors fix 2008-05-30 02:01:28 -07:00
asm-um uml: activate_mm: remove the dead PF_BORROWED_MM check 2008-06-06 11:36:22 -07:00
asm-v850 v850: fix typo in header guard 2008-06-06 11:29:12 -07:00
asm-x86 x86: remove acpi_srat config v2 2008-07-08 15:49:08 +02:00
asm-xtensa asm-{alpha,h8300,um,v850,xtensa}/param.h: unbreak HZ for userspace 2008-05-14 19:11:14 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Fix scatterwalk_sg_chain 2008-05-01 18:22:28 +08:00
keys
linux sysfs: add /sys/firmware/memmap 2008-07-08 17:55:41 +02:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (8092): videodev: simplify and fix standard enumeration 2008-06-26 15:58:57 -03:00
mtd
net net-sched: change tcf_destroy_chain() to clear start of filter list 2008-07-01 19:52:38 -07:00
pcmcia
rdma IB/core: Remove IB_DEVICE_SEND_W_INV capability flag 2008-06-09 09:58:42 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2008-05-02 13:52:35 -07:00
sound [ALSA] ac97 - Fix ASUS A9T laptop output 2008-05-30 16:20:42 +02:00
video
xen xen: implement ptep_modify_prot_start/commit 2008-06-25 15:17:23 +02:00
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