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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunWhat:		/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/
2*4882a593SmuzhiyunDate:		December 2013
3*4882a593SmuzhiyunContact:	Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunDescription:	Switching efi runtime services to virtual mode requires
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun		that all efi memory ranges which have the runtime attribute
6*4882a593Smuzhiyun		bit set to be mapped to virtual addresses.
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8*4882a593Smuzhiyun		The efi runtime services can only be switched to virtual
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun		mode once without rebooting. The kexec kernel must maintain
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun		the same physical to virtual address mappings as the first
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun		kernel. The mappings are exported to sysfs so userspace tools
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun		can reassemble them and pass them into the kexec kernel.
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14*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/ is the directory the kernel
15*4882a593Smuzhiyun		exports that information in.
16*4882a593Smuzhiyun
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun		subdirectories are named with the number of the memory range::
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19*4882a593Smuzhiyun			/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/0
20*4882a593Smuzhiyun			/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/1
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun			/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/2
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun			/sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map/3
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun			...
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun
25*4882a593Smuzhiyun		Each subdirectory contains five files:
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27*4882a593Smuzhiyun		=========   =========================================
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun		attribute   The attributes of the memory range.
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun		num_pages   The size of the memory range in pages.
30*4882a593Smuzhiyun		phys_addr   The physical address of the memory range.
31*4882a593Smuzhiyun		type        The type of the memory range.
32*4882a593Smuzhiyun		virt_addr   The virtual address of the memory range.
33*4882a593Smuzhiyun		=========   =========================================
34*4882a593Smuzhiyun
35*4882a593Smuzhiyun		Above values are all hexadecimal numbers with the '0x' prefix.
36*4882a593SmuzhiyunUsers:		Kexec
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