x86: Add xloadflags bit for EFI runtime support on kexec
Old kexec-tools can not load new kernels. The reason is kexec-tools does
not fill efi_info in x86 setup header previously, thus EFI failed to
initialize. In new kexec-tools it will by default to fill efi_info and
pass other EFI required infomation to 2nd kernel so kexec kernel EFI
initialization can succeed finally.
To prevent from breaking userspace, add a new xloadflags bit so
kexec-tools can check the flag and switch to old logic.
Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index f4f268c..cb81741d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@
- If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point
given at handover_offset + 0x200.
+ Bit 4 (read): XLF_EFI_KEXEC
+ - If 1, the kernel supports kexec EFI boot with EFI runtime support.
+
Field name: cmdline_size
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x238/4