github.com/mvdan/u-root-coreutils@v0.0.0-20230122170626-c2eef2898555/cmds/exp/fixrsdp/fixrsdp.go (about) 1 // Copyright 2019-2021 the u-root Authors. All rights reserved 2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style 3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. 4 5 // fixrsdp copies the existing RSDP into the EBDA region in low mem. 6 // 7 // This is because LinuxBoot tends to be EFI booted, which places the RSDP 8 // outside of the low 1M or the EBDA. If Linuxboot legacy boots the following 9 // operating systems, such as with kexec, they may not have a way to find the 10 // RSDP afterwards. All u-root commands that open /dev/mem should also flock 11 // it to ensure safe, sequential access. 12 package main 13 14 import ( 15 "bytes" 16 "log" 17 "os" 18 19 "github.com/mvdan/u-root-coreutils/pkg/acpi" 20 "github.com/mvdan/u-root-coreutils/pkg/boot/ebda" 21 ) 22 23 func main() { 24 // Find the RSDP. 25 r, err := acpi.GetRSDP() 26 if err != nil { 27 log.Fatalf("Unable to find system RSDP, got: %v", err) 28 } 29 30 rData := r.AllData() 31 rLen := len(rData) 32 33 base := r.RSDPAddr() 34 // Check if ACPI rsdp is already in low memory 35 if base >= 0xe0000 && base+int64(rLen) < 0xffff0 { 36 log.Printf("RSDP is already in low memory at %#X, no need to fix.", base) 37 return 38 } 39 40 // Find the EBDA 41 f, err := os.OpenFile("/dev/mem", os.O_RDWR, 0) 42 if err != nil { 43 log.Fatal(err) 44 } 45 defer f.Close() 46 47 e, err := ebda.ReadEBDA(f) 48 if err != nil { 49 log.Fatal(err) 50 } 51 log.Printf("EBDA starts at %#X, length %#X bytes", e.BaseOffset, e.Length) 52 53 // Scan low 1K of EBDA for an empty spot that is 16 byte aligned 54 emptyStart := 0 55 for i := 16; i < (1024-rLen) && i < (int(e.Length)-rLen); i += 16 { 56 // Check if there's an empty spot to put the RSDP table. 57 if bytes.Equal(e.Data[i:i+rLen], make([]byte, rLen)) { 58 emptyStart = i 59 log.Printf("Found empty space at %#X offset into EBDA, will copy RSDP there", emptyStart) 60 break 61 } 62 } 63 64 if emptyStart == 0 { 65 log.Fatal("Unable to find empty space to put RSDP") 66 } 67 68 copy(e.Data[emptyStart:emptyStart+rLen], rData) 69 70 if err = ebda.WriteEBDA(e, f); err != nil { 71 log.Fatal(err) 72 } 73 // Verify write, depending on the kernel settings like CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM, writes can silently fail. 74 v, err := ebda.ReadEBDA(f) 75 if err != nil { 76 log.Fatalf("Error reading EBDA: %v", err) 77 } 78 res := bytes.Compare(e.Data, v.Data) 79 if res != 0 { 80 log.Fatal("Write verification failed !") 81 } 82 }