kernel-fxtec-pro1x/include/linux/firmware-map.h

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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>
2008-06-27 05:12:54 -06:00
/*
* include/linux/firmware-map.h:
* Copyright (C) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
* by Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0 as published by
* the Free Software Foundation
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_FIRMWARE_MAP_H
#define _LINUX_FIRMWARE_MAP_H
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
/*
* provide a dummy interface if CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP is disabled
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP
int firmware_map_add(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
const char *type);
int firmware_map_add_early(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
const char *type);
#else /* CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP */
static inline int firmware_map_add(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end,
const char *type)
{
return 0;
}
static inline int firmware_map_add_early(resource_size_t start,
resource_size_t end, const char *type)
{
return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP */
#endif /* _LINUX_FIRMWARE_MAP_H */