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diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S
index 4f420c2f2d5..6ddfe4fc23c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@
#include <asm/processor-flags.h>
/*G:020
- * Our story starts with the kernel booting into startup_32 in
- * arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. It expects a boot header, which is created by
- * the bootloader (the Launcher in our case).
+
+ * Our story starts with the bzImage: booting starts at startup_32 in
+ * arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S. This merely uncompresses the real
+ * kernel in place and then jumps into it: startup_32 in
+ * arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. Both routines expects a boot header in the %esi
+ * register, which is created by the bootloader (the Launcher in our case).
*
* The startup_32 function does very little: it clears the uninitialized global
* C variables which we expect to be zero (ie. BSS) and then copies the boot
- * header and kernel command line somewhere safe. Finally it checks the
- * 'hardware_subarch' field. This was introduced in 2.6.24 for lguest and Xen:
- * if it's set to '1' (lguest's assigned number), then it calls us here.
+ * header and kernel command line somewhere safe, and populates some initial
+ * page tables. Finally it checks the 'hardware_subarch' field. This was
+ * introduced in 2.6.24 for lguest and Xen: if it's set to '1' (lguest's
+ * assigned number), then it calls us here.
*
* WARNING: be very careful here! We're running at addresses equal to physical
- * addesses (around 0), not above PAGE_OFFSET as most code expectes
+ * addresses (around 0), not above PAGE_OFFSET as most code expects
* (eg. 0xC0000000). Jumps are relative, so they're OK, but we can't touch any
* data without remembering to subtract __PAGE_OFFSET!
*
@@ -27,13 +31,18 @@
.section .init.text, "ax", @progbits
ENTRY(lguest_entry)
/*
- * We make the "initialization" hypercall now to tell the Host about
- * us, and also find out where it put our page tables.
+ * We make the "initialization" hypercall now to tell the Host where
+ * our lguest_data struct is.
*/
movl $LHCALL_LGUEST_INIT, %eax
movl $lguest_data - __PAGE_OFFSET, %ebx
int $LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY
+ /* Now turn our pagetables on; setup by arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. */
+ movl $LHCALL_NEW_PGTABLE, %eax
+ movl $(initial_page_table - __PAGE_OFFSET), %ebx
+ int $LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY
+
/* Set up the initial stack so we can run C code. */
movl $(init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE),%esp
@@ -96,12 +105,8 @@ send_interrupts:
*/
pushl %eax
movl $LHCALL_SEND_INTERRUPTS, %eax
- /*
- * This is a vmcall instruction (same thing that KVM uses). Older
- * assembler versions might not know the "vmcall" instruction, so we
- * create one manually here.
- */
- .byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1 /* KVM_HYPERCALL */
+ /* This is the actual hypercall trap. */
+ int $LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY
/* Put eax back the way we found it. */
popl %eax
ret