[MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v2 05/11] multiboot2: Add description of support for EFI boot services

[Daniel Kiper]

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>
---
v2 - suggestions/fixes:
   - clarify physical address meaning for EFI amd64
     mode with boot services enabled
     (suggested by Andrew Cooper).
---
 doc/multiboot.texi |  115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 doc/multiboot2.h   |    2 +
 2 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index f0f167e..cc1edab 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -534,6 +534,66 @@ The physical address to which the boot loader should jump 
in order to
 start running the operating system.
 @end table
 
address@hidden EFI i386 entry address tag of Multiboot2 header
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+        +-------------------+
+u16     | type = 8          |
+u16     | flags             |
+u32     | size              |
+u_virt  | entry_addr        |
+        +-------------------+
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+
+All of the address fields in this tag are physical addresses.
+The meaning of each is as follows:
+
address@hidden @code
+
address@hidden entry_addr
+The physical address to which the boot loader should jump in order to
+start running EFI i386 compatible operating system code.
address@hidden table
+
+This tag is taken into account only on EFI i386 platforms
+when Multiboot2 image header contains EFI boot services tag.
+Then entry point specified in ELF header and the entry address
+tag of Multiboot2 header are ignored.
+
address@hidden EFI amd64 entry address tag of Multiboot2 header
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+        +-------------------+
+u16     | type = 9          |
+u16     | flags             |
+u32     | size              |
+u_virt  | entry_addr        |
+        +-------------------+
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+
+All of the address fields in this tag are physical addresses (paging
+mode is enabled and any memory space defined by the UEFI memory map
+is identity mapped, hence, virtual address equals physical address;
+Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, Version 2.6,
+section 2.3.4, x64 Platforms, boot services). The meaning of each
+is as follows:
+
address@hidden @code
+
address@hidden entry_addr
+The physical address to which the boot loader should jump in order to
+start running EFI amd64 compatible operating system code.
address@hidden table
+
+This tag is taken into account only on EFI amd64 platforms
+when Multiboot2 image header contains EFI boot services tag.
+Then entry point specified in ELF header and the entry address
+tag of Multiboot2 header are ignored.
+
 @node Console header tags
 @subsection Flags tag
 
@@ -714,12 +774,63 @@ The OS image must leave interrupts disabled until it sets 
up its own
 
 On EFI system boot services must be terminated.
 
address@hidden EFI i386 machine state with boot services enabled
+
+When the boot loader invokes the 32-bit operating system on EFI i386
+platform and EFI boot services tag together with EFI i386 entry address
+tag are present in the image Multiboot2 header, the machine must have the
+following state:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden EAX
+Must contain the magic value @samp{0x36d76289}; the presence of this
+value indicates to the operating system that it was loaded by a
+Multiboot-compliant boot loader (e.g. as opposed to another type of
+boot loader that the operating system can also be loaded from).
+
address@hidden EBX
+Must contain the 32-bit physical address of the Multiboot2
+information structure provided by the boot loader (@pxref{Boot
+information format}).
address@hidden table
+
+All other processor registers, flag bits and state are set accordingly
+to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, Version 2.6,
+section 2.3.2, IA-32 Platforms, boot services.
+
address@hidden EFI amd64 machine state with boot services enabled
+
+When the boot loader invokes the 64-bit operating system on EFI amd64
+platform and EFI boot services tag together with EFI amd64 entry address
+tag are present in the image Multiboot2 header, the machine must have the
+following state:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden RAX
+Must contain the magic value @samp{0x36d76289}; the presence of this
+value indicates to the operating system that it was loaded by a
+Multiboot-compliant boot loader (e.g. as opposed to another type of
+boot loader that the operating system can also be loaded from).
+
address@hidden RBX
+Must contain the 64-bit physical address (paging mode is enabled and any
+memory space defined by the UEFI memory map is identity mapped, hence,
+virtual address equals physical address; Unified Extensible Firmware
+Interface Specification, Version 2.6, section 2.3.4, x64 Platforms, boot
+services) of the Multiboot2 information structure provided by the boot
+loader (@pxref{Boot information format}).
address@hidden table
+
+All other processor registers, flag bits and state are set accordingly
+to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, Version 2.6,
+section 2.3.4, x64 Platforms, boot services.
+
 @node Boot information format
 @section Boot information
 @subsection Boot information format
 
-Upon entry to the operating system, the @code{EBX} register contains the
-physical address of a @dfn{Multiboot2 information} data structure,
+Upon entry to the operating system, the @code{R5/EBX/RBX} register contains
+the physical address of a @dfn{Multiboot2 information} data structure,
 through which the boot loader communicates vital information to the
 operating system. The operating system can use or ignore any parts of
 the structure as it chooses; all information passed by the boot loader
diff --git a/doc/multiboot2.h b/doc/multiboot2.h
index 78337f5..240400d 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot2.h
+++ b/doc/multiboot2.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 #define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_TAG_FRAMEBUFFER  5
 #define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_TAG_MODULE_ALIGN  6
 #define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_TAG_EFI_BS        7
+#define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_TAG_ENTRY_ADDRESS_EFI32  8
+#define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_TAG_ENTRY_ADDRESS_EFI64  9
 
 #define MULTIBOOT_ARCHITECTURE_I386  0
 #define MULTIBOOT_ARCHITECTURE_MIPS32  4
-- 
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