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authorEric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2003-04-22 19:02:15 +0000
committerEric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2003-04-22 19:02:15 +0000
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- Initial checkin of the freebios2 tree
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+#ifndef ELF_BOOT_H
+#define ELF_BOOT_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* This defines the structure of a table of parameters useful for ELF
+ * bootable images. These parameters are all passed and generated
+ * by the bootloader to the booted image. For simplicity and
+ * consistency the Elf Note format is reused.
+ *
+ * All of the information must be Position Independent Data.
+ * That is it must be safe to relocate the whole ELF boot parameter
+ * block without changing the meaning or correctnes of the data.
+ * Additionally it must be safe to permute the order of the ELF notes
+ * to any possible permutation without changing the meaning or correctness
+ * of the data.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define ELF_HEAD_SIZE (8*1024)
+#define ELF_BOOT_MAGIC 0x0E1FB007
+
+typedef uint16_t Elf_Half;
+typedef uint32_t Elf_Word;
+typedef uint64_t Elf_Xword;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+ Elf_Word b_signature; /* "0x0E1FB007" */
+ Elf_Word b_size;
+ Elf_Half b_checksum;
+ Elf_Half b_records;
+} Elf_Bhdr;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+ Elf_Word n_namesz; /* Length of the note's name. */
+ Elf_Word n_descsz; /* Length of the note's descriptor. */
+ Elf_Word n_type; /* Type of the note. */
+} Elf_Nhdr;
+
+
+/* For standard notes n_namesz must be zero */
+/* All of the following standard note types provide a single null
+ * terminated string in the descriptor.
+ */
+#define EBN_FIRMWARE_TYPE 0x00000001
+/* On platforms that support multiple classes of firmware this field
+ * specifies the class of firmware you are loaded under.
+ */
+#define EBN_BOOTLOADER_NAME 0x00000002
+/* This specifies just the name of the bootloader for easy comparison */
+#define EBN_BOOTLOADER_VERSION 0x00000003
+/* This specifies the version of the bootlader */
+#define EBN_COMMAND_LINE 0x00000004
+/* This specifies a command line that can be set by user interaction,
+ * and is provided as a free form string to the loaded image.
+ */
+
+
+/* Standardized Elf image notes for booting... The name for all of these is ELFBoot */
+
+#define ELF_NOTE_BOOT "ELFBoot"
+
+#define EIN_PROGRAM_NAME 0x00000001
+/* The program in this ELF file */
+#define EIN_PROGRAM_VERSION 0x00000002
+/* The version of the program in this ELF file */
+#define EIN_PROGRAM_CHECKSUM 0x00000003
+/* ip style checksum of the memory image. */
+
+
+/* Linux image notes for booting... The name for all of these is Linux */
+
+#define LINUX_NOTE_BOOT "Linux"
+
+#define LIN_COMMAND_LINE 0x00000001
+/* The command line to pass to the loaded kernel. */
+#define LIN_ROOT_DEV 0x00000002
+/* The root dev to pass to the loaded kernel. */
+#define LIN_RAMDISK_FLAGS 0x00000003
+/* Various old ramdisk flags */
+#define LIN_INITRD_START 0x00000004
+/* Start of the ramdisk in bytes */
+#define LIN_INITRD_SIZE 0x00000005
+/* Size of the ramdisk in bytes */
+
+
+#endif /* ELF_BOOT_H */