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Akio Takebe

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PATCH 1/1 support BCV for rombios

Hi,

This patch supports BCV for PCI device.
If we use this patch in Xen, we would need some more fixes. This patch just support BCV.
We could boot a full virtualize guest from a Pass through device with VT-d on Xen.

Signed-off-by Akio Takebe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Kouya Shimura <[email protected]>

Ref:
- XenSummit Asia 2008
http://www.xen.org/files/xensummit_tokyo/24_Hitoshi%20Matsumoto_en.pdf
- BIOS Boot Specification
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/56E38DE2-3E6F-4743-835F-B4A53726ABED/0/specsbbs101.pdf

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe

Index: rombios.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bochs/bochs/bios/rombios.c,v
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -c -r1.209 rombios.c
*** rombios.c 2 Jun 2008 20:08:10 -0000 1.209
--- rombios.c 8 Dec 2008 10:09:53 -0000
***************
*** 10194,10199 ****
--- 10194,10223 ----

    mov  ax, 2[bx]
    cmp  ax, #0x506e
    jne  no_bev
+ 
+   mov  ax, 0x16[bx] ;; 0x16 is the offset of Boot Connection Vector
+   cmp  ax, #0x0000
+   je   no_bcv
+ 
+   ;; Option ROM has BCV. Run it now.
+   push cx       ;; Push seg
+   push ax       ;; Push offset
+ 
+   ;; Point ES:DI at "$PnP", which tells the ROM that we are a PnP BIOS.
+   mov  bx, #0xf000
+   mov  es, bx
+   lea  di, pnp_string
+   /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+   mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+   db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+   db   0x5e
+   db   0
+   cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+   add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+   pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+   ja   no_bev
+ 
+ no_bcv:
    mov  ax, 0x1a[bx] ;; 0x1A is also the offset into the expansion header of...
    cmp  ax, #0x0000  ;; the Bootstrap Entry Vector, or zero if there is none.
    je   no_bev

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Quoted 37 lines · Akio Takebe

Hi,

This patch supports BCV for PCI device.
If we use this patch in Xen, we would need some more fixes. This patch just support BCV.
We could boot a full virtualize guest from a Pass through device with VT-d on Xen.

Signed-off-by Akio Takebe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Kouya Shimura <[email protected]>

Ref:
- XenSummit Asia 2008
http://www.xen.org/files/xensummit_tokyo/24_Hitoshi%20Matsumoto_en.pdf
- BIOS Boot Specification
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/56E38DE2-3E6F-4743-835F-B4A53726ABED/0/specsbbs101.pdf

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe

Index: rombios.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bochs/bochs/bios/rombios.c,v
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -c -r1.209 rombios.c
*** rombios.c 2 Jun 2008 20:08:10 -0000 1.209
--- rombios.c 8 Dec 2008 10:09:53 -0000
***************
*** 10194,10199 ****
--- 10194,10223 ----

    mov  ax, 2[bx]
    cmp  ax, #0x506e
    jne  no_bev

+

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+   mov  ax, 0x16[bx] ;; 0x16 is the offset of Boot Connection Vector
+   cmp  ax, #0x0000

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+   je   no_bcv
+ 
+   ;; Option ROM has BCV. Run it now.
+   push cx       ;; Push seg
+   push ax       ;; Push offset
+ 
+   ;; Point ES:DI at "$PnP", which tells the ROM that we are a PnP BIOS.
+   mov  bx, #0xf000
+   mov  es, bx
+   lea  di, pnp_string

Should ax, bx and dx get set to some sane value, e.g. 0? Those are only needed for PnP ISA devices, but some broken option rom might expect something there.

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+   /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+   mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+   db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+   db   0x5e
+   db   0
+   cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+   add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+   pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+   ja   no_bev

ja? not jmp?

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+ no_bcv:

    mov  ax, 0x1a[bx] ;; 0x1A is also the offset into the expansion header of...
    cmp  ax, #0x0000  ;; the Bootstrap Entry Vector, or zero if there is none.
    je   no_bev

- Sebastian

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Quoted 8 lines · On Thursday 11 December 2008 00:02:40 Sebastian Herbszt wrote:

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+   ;; Point ES:DI at "$PnP", which tells the ROM that we are a PnP BIOS.
+   mov  bx, #0xf000
+   mov  es, bx
+   lea  di, pnp_string

Should ax, bx and dx get set to some sane value, e.g. 0? Those are only needed for PnP ISA devices, but some broken option rom might expect something there.

I haven't checked the spec, but if the parameters are meant to match the initialisation vector or other similar entry points (e.g. the UNDI loader entry point for PXE ROMs) then %ax should contain the PCI bus:dev.fn number.

Michael

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Hi,

Thank you for your comments.

Quoted 10 lines · On Thursday 11 December 2008 00:02:40 Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
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Review

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+   ;; Point ES:DI at "$PnP", which tells the ROM that we are a PnP BIOS.
+   mov  bx, #0xf000
+   mov  es, bx
+   lea  di, pnp_string

Should ax, bx and dx get set to some sane value, e.g. 0? Those are only needed for PnP ISA devices, but some broken option rom might expect something there.

Hmm. I don't find specification in the BBS spec.
But as you said, we may need to add preserving registers. The patch is for PCI devices.
For ISA device, we would need to check if it is a PCI or ISA device.

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I haven't checked the spec, but if the parameters are meant to match the initialisation vector or other similar entry points (e.g. the UNDI loader entry point for PXE ROMs) then %ax should contain the PCI bus:dev.fn number.

Michael

The BBS spec says:
"Note that for PCI cards, AX will not contain the PFA. PCI devices that need their PFA during execution of their BCV should store the PFA passed earlier when their option ROM’s initialization vector was called."

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe

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In reply to Sebastian Herbszt

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines

Review

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+   /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+   mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+   db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+   db   0x5e
+   db   0
+   cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+   add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+   pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+   ja   no_bev
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ja? not jmp?

Oops. yes jmp.

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+ no_bcv:

    mov  ax, 0x1a[bx] ;; 0x1A is also the offset into the expansion header 
of...
    cmp  ax, #0x0000  ;; the Bootstrap Entry Vector, or zero if there is

none.
je no_bev

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe

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Quoted 12 lines · Akio Takebe

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines
Quoted 9 lines
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+   /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+   mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+   db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+   db   0x5e
+   db   0
+   cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+   add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+   pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+   ja   no_bev
Quoted 3 lines
Quoted 2 lines

ja? not jmp?

Oops. yes jmp.

Can you please resend a fixed version?

Thanks
Sebastian

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Quoted 13 lines · Sebastian Herbszt
Quoted 12 lines · Akio Takebe

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines
Quoted 9 lines
(quoted diff) +9 -0
+   /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+   mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+   db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+   db   0x5e
+   db   0
+   cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+   add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+   pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+   ja   no_bev
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Quoted 3 lines
Quoted 2 lines

ja? not jmp?

Oops. yes jmp.

Can you please resend a fixed version?

Thanks
Sebastian

Sorry, and thank you for your review. I updeted our patch.

Signed-off-by Akio Takebe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Kouya Shimura <[email protected]>

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe

Index: bios/rombios.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bochs/bochs/bios/rombios.c,v
retrieving revision 1.222

rombios.c +24 -0
diff -u -r1.222 rombios.c
@@ -10251,6 +10251,30 @@
   mov  ax, 2[bx]
   cmp  ax, #0x506e
   jne  no_bev
+
+  mov  ax, 0x16[bx] ;; 0x16 is the offset of Boot Connection Vector
+  cmp  ax, #0x0000
+  je   no_bcv
+
+  ;; Option ROM has BCV. Run it now.
+  push cx       ;; Push seg
+  push ax       ;; Push offset
+
+  ;; Point ES:DI at "$PnP", which tells the ROM that we are a PnP BIOS.
+  mov  bx, #0xf000
+  mov  es, bx
+  lea  di, pnp_string
+  /* jump to BCV function entry pointer */
+  mov  bp, sp   ;; Call ROM BCV routine using seg:off on stack
+  db   0xff     ;; call_far ss:[bp+0]
+  db   0x5e
+  db   0
+  cli           ;; In case expansion ROM BIOS turns IF on
+  add  sp, #2   ;; Pop offset value
+  pop  cx       ;; Pop seg value (restore CX)
+  jmp   no_bev
+
+no_bcv:
   mov  ax, 0x1a[bx] ;; 0x1A is also the offset into the expansion header of...
   cmp  ax, #0x0000  ;; the Bootstrap Entry Vector, or zero if there is none.
   je   no_bev

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