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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S index f86a4eef2..28c4f96a2 100644 --- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S +++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/head.S @@ -21,16 +21,21 @@ ENTRY(startup_continue) lg %r15,.Lstack-.LPG1(%r13) aghi %r15,-160 brasl %r14,decompress_kernel - # setup registers for memory mover & branch to target + # Set up registers for memory mover. We move the decompressed image to + # 0x11000, starting at offset 0x11000 in the decompressed image so + # that code living at 0x11000 in the image will end up at 0x11000 in + # memory. lgr %r4,%r2 lg %r2,.Loffset-.LPG1(%r13) la %r4,0(%r2,%r4) lg %r3,.Lmvsize-.LPG1(%r13) lgr %r5,%r3 - # move the memory mover someplace safe + # Move the memory mover someplace safe so it doesn't overwrite itself. la %r1,0x200 mvc 0(mover_end-mover,%r1),mover-.LPG1(%r13) - # decompress image is started at 0x11000 + # When the memory mover is done we pass control to + # arch/s390/kernel/head64.S:startup_continue which lives at 0x11000 in + # the decompressed image. lgr %r6,%r2 br %r1 mover: |