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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst | 17 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst index 4fd492cb4970..ad2d8ddad27f 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst @@ -896,10 +896,19 @@ Offset/size: 0x260/4 The kernel runtime start address is determined by the following algorithm:: - if (relocatable_kernel) - runtime_start = align_up(load_address, kernel_alignment) - else - runtime_start = pref_address + if (relocatable_kernel) { + if (load_address < pref_address) + load_address = pref_address; + runtime_start = align_up(load_address, kernel_alignment); + } else { + runtime_start = pref_address; + } + +Hence the necessary memory window location and size can be estimated by +a boot loader as:: + + memory_window_start = runtime_start; + memory_window_size = init_size; ============ =============== Field name: handover_offset |