x86, boot: make kernel_alignment adjustable; new bzImage fields

Make the kernel_alignment field adjustable; this allows us to set it
to a large value (intended to be 16 MB to avoid ZONE_DMA contention,
memory holes and other weirdness) while a smart bootloader can still
force a loading at a lesser alignment if absolutely necessary.

Also export pref_address (preferred loading address, corresponding to
the link-time address) and init_size, the total amount of linear
memory the kernel will require during initialization.

[ Impact: allows better kernel placement, gives bootloader more info ]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-11 15:56:08 -07:00
parent 99aa45595f
commit 37ba7ab5e3
6 changed files with 45 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ int main(void)
OFFSET(BP_loadflags, boot_params, hdr.loadflags);
OFFSET(BP_hardware_subarch, boot_params, hdr.hardware_subarch);
OFFSET(BP_version, boot_params, hdr.version);
OFFSET(BP_kernel_alignment, boot_params, hdr.kernel_alignment);
BLANK();
DEFINE(PAGE_SIZE_asm, PAGE_SIZE);