Re: [Xen-devel] HVMlite ABI specification DRAFT A

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Pau Monné, on Thu 04 Feb 2016 20:21:24 +0100, wrote:
> > +1
> > We need that to pass parameters to gnumach modules.
> 
> Hm, parameters as in a string that's paired with a module,

That, yes. Just like the kernel command line. One per module.

> I see that multiboot provides a string associated with each module, we
> could do the same IMHO.

That's it.

> Just to be clear that we are on the same page, then the _entry struct
> becomes:
> 
> struct hvm_modlist_entry {
>       uint32_t paddr;
>       uint32_t size;
>       uint32_t cmdline_paddr;
> };
> 
> cmdline_paddr would work the same way as it does in the hvm_start_info
> struct (ie: physical address of a zero-terminated ASCII string).

That looks alright for me.

Samuel

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