Page MenuHomeFreeBSD

Force 16 byte alignment of preloaded files on i386 and amd64.
AbandonedPublic

Authored by markj on Jul 19 2018, 8:36 PM.
Tags
None
Referenced Files
Unknown Object (File)
Thu, Jan 23, 1:28 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Nov 10 2024, 5:01 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Oct 3 2024, 10:07 PM
Unknown Object (File)
Sep 21 2024, 1:51 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Sep 17 2024, 11:10 PM
Unknown Object (File)
Sep 5 2024, 1:00 PM
Unknown Object (File)
Aug 23 2024, 1:38 AM
Unknown Object (File)
Aug 22 2024, 4:54 PM
Subscribers

Details

Reviewers
imp
kevans
Summary

This is required to support early microcode loading, which occurs before
we can use a kernel memory allocator to make an aligned copy of the
microcode update file.

Diff Detail

Lint
Lint Passed
Unit
No Test Coverage
Build Status
Buildable 18178
Build 17911: arc lint + arc unit

Event Timeline

The approach taken in D16370 means that we don't need this anymore. There is some argument for providing a minimum alignment of CACHE_LINE_SIZE or so to all preloaded files, but this change isn't the right way to do that.