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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] x86 boot: remap efi systab runtime from phys to virt
Huang wrote:
> > efi.systab = (efi_system_table_t *) (unsigned long) systab;
> > + efi.systab->runtime = __va(efi.systab->runtime);
> > }
> > }
>
> Why do you need this?

I need this so that my kernel can callback into EFI runtime services
post-boot.


> This should be done by firmware in
> efi_set_virtual_address_map().

I don't understand this comment. I don't see any routine named
'efi_set_virtual_address_map()' in the kernel. I do see virt_*
and phys_* variants of that name; did you mean one of those?

In any case, I don't understand how this could "be done by firmware."
It is the kernel that is mapping in the firmware somehow to support EFI
runtime services.


> And this doesn't work on i386, because
> runtime code/data area may be not in identity map area (that is > 768M).

Ok ... what code should we add for i386? Would it be code like I see
above in this efi_enter_virtual_mode() routine:

if (PFN_UP(end) <= max_pfn_mapped)
va = __va(md->phys_addr);
else
va = efi_ioremap(md->phys_addr, size);

I could write similar code for remapping efi.systab->runtime, but
I could not test such code -- could you assist me in that?

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