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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:59:14 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=03bca3cfb4bb37f6496bc5e50a9d5936b0483084
commit 03bca3cfb4bb37f6496bc5e50a9d5936b0483084
Author: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-04-17 04:04:03 +0000
Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-04-17 21:56:46 +0000
arm64: Reword a comment about kexec / kboot path
Sponsored by: Netflix
Reviewed by: kevans, andrew, jhibbits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49860
---
sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
index 6184ce937b8a..d3955d8c9863 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
@@ -502,10 +502,12 @@ efi_early_map(vm_offset_t va)
/*
- * When booted via kboot, the prior kernel will pass in reserved memory areas in
- * a EFI config table. We need to find that table and walk through it excluding
- * the memory ranges in it. btw, this is called too early for the printf to do
- * anything since msgbufp isn't initialized, let alone a console...
+ * When booted via kexec from Linux, the prior kernel will pass in reserved
+ * memory areas in an EFI config table. We need to find that table and walk
+ * through it excluding the memory ranges in it. btw, this is called too early
+ * for the printf to do anything (unless EARLY_PRINTF is defined) since msgbufp
+ * isn't initialized, let alone a console, but breakpoints in printf help
+ * diagnose rare failures.
*/
static void
exclude_efi_memreserve(vm_paddr_t efi_systbl_phys)