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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+/******************************************************************************
+ * elfnote.h
+ *
+ * Definitions used for the Xen ELF notes.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, Ian Campbell, XenSource Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
+#define __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__
+
+/*
+ * The notes should live in a SHT_NOTE segment and have "Xen" in the
+ * name field.
+ *
+ * Numeric types are either 4 or 8 bytes depending on the content of
+ * the desc field.
+ *
+ * LEGACY indicated the fields in the legacy __xen_guest string which
+ * this a note type replaces.
+ *
+ * String values (for non-legacy) are NULL terminated ASCII, also known
+ * as ASCIZ type.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * NAME=VALUE pair (string).
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_INFO 0
+
+/*
+ * The virtual address of the entry point (numeric).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: VIRT_ENTRY
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_ENTRY 1
+
+/* The virtual address of the hypercall transfer page (numeric).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: HYPERCALL_PAGE. (n.b. legacy value is a physical page
+ * number not a virtual address)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_HYPERCALL_PAGE 2
+
+/* The virtual address where the kernel image should be mapped (numeric).
+ *
+ * Defaults to 0.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: VIRT_BASE
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_VIRT_BASE 3
+
+/*
+ * The offset of the ELF paddr field from the acutal required
+ * pseudo-physical address (numeric).
+ *
+ * This is used to maintain backwards compatibility with older kernels
+ * which wrote __PAGE_OFFSET into that field. This field defaults to 0
+ * if not present.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: ELF_PADDR_OFFSET. (n.b. legacy default is VIRT_BASE)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PADDR_OFFSET 4
+
+/*
+ * The version of Xen that we work with (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: XEN_VER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_XEN_VERSION 5
+
+/*
+ * The name of the guest operating system (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: GUEST_OS
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_OS 6
+
+/*
+ * The version of the guest operating system (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: GUEST_VER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_GUEST_VERSION 7
+
+/*
+ * The loader type (string).
+ *
+ * LEGACY: LOADER
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_LOADER 8
+
+/*
+ * The kernel supports PAE (x86/32 only, string = "yes" or "no").
+ *
+ * LEGACY: PAE (n.b. The legacy interface included a provision to
+ * indicate 'extended-cr3' support allowing L3 page tables to be
+ * placed above 4G. It is assumed that any kernel new enough to use
+ * these ELF notes will include this and therefore "yes" here is
+ * equivalent to "yes[entended-cr3]" in the __xen_guest interface.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PAE_MODE 9
+
+/*
+ * The features supported/required by this kernel (string).
+ *
+ * The string must consist of a list of feature names (as given in
+ * features.h, without the "XENFEAT_" prefix) separated by '|'
+ * characters. If a feature is required for the kernel to function
+ * then the feature name must be preceded by a '!' character.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: FEATURES
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES 10
+
+/*
+ * The kernel requires the symbol table to be loaded (string = "yes" or "no")
+ * LEGACY: BSD_SYMTAB (n.b. The legacy treated the presence or absence
+ * of this string as a boolean flag rather than requiring "yes" or
+ * "no".
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_BSD_SYMTAB 11
+
+/*
+ * The lowest address the hypervisor hole can begin at (numeric).
+ *
+ * This must not be set higher than HYPERVISOR_VIRT_START. Its presence
+ * also indicates to the hypervisor that the kernel can deal with the
+ * hole starting at a higher address.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_HV_START_LOW 12
+
+/*
+ * List of maddr_t-sized mask/value pairs describing how to recognize
+ * (non-present) L1 page table entries carrying valid MFNs (numeric).
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_L1_MFN_VALID 13
+
+/*
+ * Whether or not the guest supports cooperative suspend cancellation.
+ * This is a numeric value.
+ *
+ * Default is 0
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_SUSPEND_CANCEL 14
+
+/*
+ * The (non-default) location the initial phys-to-machine map should be
+ * placed at by the hypervisor (Dom0) or the tools (DomU).
+ * The kernel must be prepared for this mapping to be established using
+ * large pages, despite such otherwise not being available to guests.
+ * The kernel must also be able to handle the page table pages used for
+ * this mapping not being accessible through the initial mapping.
+ * (Only x86-64 supports this at present.)
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_INIT_P2M 15
+
+/*
+ * Whether or not the guest can deal with being passed an initrd not
+ * mapped through its initial page tables.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_MOD_START_PFN 16
+
+/*
+ * The features supported by this kernel (numeric).
+ *
+ * Other than XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES on pre-4.2 Xen, this note allows a
+ * kernel to specify support for features that older hypervisors don't
+ * know about. The set of features 4.2 and newer hypervisors will
+ * consider supported by the kernel is the combination of the sets
+ * specified through this and the string note.
+ *
+ * LEGACY: FEATURES
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES 17
+
+/*
+ * Physical entry point into the kernel.
+ *
+ * 32bit entry point into the kernel. When requested to launch the
+ * guest kernel in a HVM container, Xen will use this entry point to
+ * launch the guest in 32bit protected mode with paging disabled.
+ * Ignored otherwise.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY 18
+
+/*
+ * The number of the highest elfnote defined.
+ */
+#define XEN_ELFNOTE_MAX XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY
+
+#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_ELFNOTE_H__ */