[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/prom_init: Pass linux_banner to firmware via option vector 7

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Mon Jun 21 16:49:38 AEST 2021


Pass the value of linux_banner to firmware via option vector 7.

Option vector 7 is described in "LoPAR" Linux on Power Architecture
Reference v2.9, in table B.7 on page 824:

  An ASCII character formatted null terminated string that describes
  the client operating system. The string shall be human readable and
  may be displayed on the console.

The string can be up to 256 bytes total, including the nul terminator.

linux_banner contains lots of information, and should make it possible
to identify the exact kernel version that is running:

  const char linux_banner[] =
  "Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
  LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n";

For example:
  Linux version 4.15.0-144-generic (buildd at bos02-ppc64el-018) (gcc
  version 7.5.0 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)) #148-Ubuntu SMP Sat May 8
  02:32:13 UTC 2021 (Ubuntu 4.15.0-144.148-generic 4.15.18)

It's also printed at boot to the console/dmesg, which should make it
possible to correlate what firmware receives with the console/dmesg on
the machine.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---

NB. linux_banner is already allowed by prom_init_check.sh

LoPAR: https://openpowerfoundation.org/?resource_lib=linux-on-power-architecture-reference-a-papr-linux-subset-review-draft
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index c18d55f8b951..7343076b261c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -944,6 +945,10 @@ struct option_vector6 {
 	u8 os_name;
 } __packed;
 
+struct option_vector7 {
+	u8 os_id[256];
+} __packed;
+
 struct ibm_arch_vec {
 	struct { u32 mask, val; } pvrs[14];
 
@@ -966,6 +971,9 @@ struct ibm_arch_vec {
 
 	u8 vec6_len;
 	struct option_vector6 vec6;
+
+	u8 vec7_len;
+	struct option_vector7 vec7;
 } __packed;
 
 static const struct ibm_arch_vec ibm_architecture_vec_template __initconst = {
@@ -1112,6 +1120,9 @@ static const struct ibm_arch_vec ibm_architecture_vec_template __initconst = {
 		.secondary_pteg = 0,
 		.os_name = OV6_LINUX,
 	},
+
+	/* option vector 7: OS Identification */
+	.vec7_len = VECTOR_LENGTH(sizeof(struct option_vector7)),
 };
 
 static struct ibm_arch_vec __prombss ibm_architecture_vec  ____cacheline_aligned;
@@ -1340,6 +1351,10 @@ static void __init prom_check_platform_support(void)
 	memcpy(&ibm_architecture_vec, &ibm_architecture_vec_template,
 	       sizeof(ibm_architecture_vec));
 
+	prom_strscpy_pad(ibm_architecture_vec.vec7.os_id, linux_banner, 256);
+	// Ensure nul termination
+	ibm_architecture_vec.vec7.os_id[255] = '\0';
+
 	if (prop_len > 1) {
 		int i;
 		u8 vec[8];
-- 
2.25.1



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