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Re: [PATCH v1.1 2/3] x86/build: Don't convert boot/{cmdline,head}.bin back to .S


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
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On 14.04.2022 18:27, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> There's no point wasting time converting binaries back to asm source.  Just
> use .incbin directly.  Explain in head.S what these binaries are.

Hmm, yes. Why in the world did we do this all these years?

> Also, align the blobs.  While there's very little static data in the blobs,
> they should have at least 4 byte alignment.  There was previously no guarantee
> that cmdline_parse_early was aligned, and there is no longer an implicit
> 4-byte alignment between cmdline_parse_early and reloc caused by the use of
> .long.

There's no alignment associated with using .long, so I think you
want to re-word this.

Jan




 


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