linux/drivers
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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acorn/char
acpi Revert parts of "x86: update mptable" 2008-07-08 11:08:42 +02:00
amba
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auxdisplay Miguel Ojeda has moved 2008-07-04 10:40:05 -07:00
base Merge branch 'x86/numa' into x86/devel 2008-07-08 11:59:23 +02:00
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clocksource
connector CONNECTOR: add a proc entry to list connectors 2008-06-27 20:03:24 -07:00
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dma iop-adma: fixup some kzalloc/memset confusions 2008-05-20 13:51:20 -07:00
edac edac: mpc85xx: fix building as a module 2008-05-24 09:56:13 -07:00
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firewire firewire: fw-sbp2: fix parsing of logical unit directories 2008-06-27 20:55:00 +02:00
firmware sysfs: add /sys/firmware/memmap 2008-07-08 17:55:41 +02:00
gpio gpio: pca953x (i2c) handles max7310 too 2008-07-04 10:40:06 -07:00
hid HID: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 16:44:43 +02:00
hwmon hdaps: add support for various newer Lenovo thinkpads 2008-07-04 10:40:06 -07:00
i2c I2C: S3C2410: Add MODULE_ALIAS() for s3c2440 device. 2008-07-01 14:30:38 +01:00
ide ide: ide_unregister() locking bugfix 2008-07-05 20:30:51 +02:00
ieee1394 ieee1394: Kconfig menu touch-up 2008-06-19 00:12:36 +02:00
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input 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
isdn drivers/isdn/sc/ioctl.c: add missing kfree 2008-06-12 18:05:41 -07:00
leds LEDS: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:55 -07:00
lguest Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc8' into x86/xen 2008-06-25 12:16:51 +02:00
macintosh [POWERPC] Build fix for drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c 2008-06-16 15:00:47 +10:00
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md Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm 2008-07-02 18:55:17 -07:00
media V4L/DVB (8178): uvc: Fix compilation breakage for the other drivers, if uvc is selected 2008-07-02 08:58:15 -03:00
memstick
message [SCSI] fusion mpt: fix target missing after resetting external raid 2008-05-27 10:58:09 -05:00
mfd HTC_EGPIO is ARM-only 2008-05-21 16:56:00 -07:00
misc thinkpad-acpi: fix LED handling on older ThinkPads 2008-06-11 19:13:45 -04:00
mmc pxamci: fix byte aligned DMA transfers 2008-07-06 10:37:40 -07:00
mtd Merge git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/mtd-2.6.26 2008-06-06 11:31:18 -07:00
net hostap: fix sparse warnings 2008-06-30 15:43:52 -04:00
nubus
of rtc-ds1374: rename device to just "ds1374" 2008-06-06 11:29:10 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: don't request cache line alignment for cpu_buffer 2008-05-14 19:11:12 -07:00
parisc drivers/parisc: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-05-15 10:38:54 -04:00
parport
pci RFC x86: try to remove arch_get_ram_range 2008-07-08 12:48:27 +02:00
pcmcia electra_cf: Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() 2008-05-27 16:07:45 -05:00
pnp PNPACPI: use _CRS IRQ descriptor length for _SRS 2008-06-11 19:13:46 -04:00
power power_supply: Fix race in power_supply_uevent 2008-06-10 02:13:51 +04:00
ps3
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rtc rtc-x1205: Fix alarm set 2008-07-04 10:40:05 -07:00
s390 Merge branch 'kvm-updates-2.6.26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm 2008-06-11 10:35:44 -07:00
sbus sbus bpp: instances missed in s/dev_name/bpp_dev_name/ 2008-05-21 16:55:59 -07:00
scsi [SCSI] esp: tidy up target reference counting 2008-06-25 12:36:13 -05:00
serial serial: fix serial_match_port() for dynamic major tty-device numbers 2008-07-04 10:40:04 -07:00
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spi spi: fix the read path in spidev 2008-07-04 10:40:08 -07:00
ssb ssb: Fix coherent DMA mask for PCI devices 2008-06-13 16:14:52 -04:00
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thermal thermal: Create CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=n 2008-06-25 19:25:42 -04:00
uio UIO: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:55 -07:00
usb Revert "USB: don't explicitly reenable root-hub status interrupts" 2008-07-06 10:27:25 -07:00
video 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
virtio virtio: Complete feature negotation before updating status 2008-06-15 13:46:16 -07:00
w1
watchdog Revert "[WATCHDOG] hpwdt: Add CFLAGS to get driver working" 2008-06-24 13:09:26 +00:00
xen xen: Use wmb instead of rmb in xen_evtchn_do_upcall(). 2008-06-20 14:56:30 +02:00
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