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authorSimon Glass2014-10-10 08:21:55 -0600
committerSimon Glass2014-10-28 20:43:47 -0600
commit200182a748afd430da97b707dc5dff53c3147b5f (patch)
tree6552542960e3ed576811f85ba8431d1566542c32 /arch/x86/include/asm
parent92cc94a1fe8e7a3ec78e993ea1ff1dd0bbaa5c36 (diff)
x86: Add support for starting 64-bit kernel
Add code to jump to a 64-bit Linux kernel. We need to set up a flat page table structure, a new GDT and then go through a few hoops in the right order. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
index 32930bd8c5c..6c6774af76c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -26,4 +26,30 @@ void cpu_disable_paging_pae(void);
*/
int cpu_has_64bit(void);
+/**
+ * cpu_call64() - Jump to a 64-bit Linux kernel (internal function)
+ *
+ * The kernel is uncompressed and the 64-bit entry point is expected to be
+ * at @target.
+ *
+ * This function is used internally - see cpu_jump_to_64bit() for a more
+ * useful function.
+ *
+ * @pgtable: Address of 24KB area containing the page table
+ * @setup_base: Pointer to the setup.bin information for the kernel
+ * @target: Pointer to the start of the kernel image
+ */
+void cpu_call64(ulong pgtable, ulong setup_base, ulong target);
+
+/**
+ * cpu_jump_to_64bit() - Jump to a 64-bit Linux kernel
+ *
+ * The kernel is uncompressed and the 64-bit entry point is expected to be
+ * at @target.
+ *
+ * @setup_base: Pointer to the setup.bin information for the kernel
+ * @target: Pointer to the start of the kernel image
+ */
+int cpu_jump_to_64bit(ulong setup_base, ulong target);
+
#endif