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authorArthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>2022-04-19 20:48:42 +0200
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cpu/x86/64bit: Generate static page tables from an assembly file
This removes the need for a tool to generate simple identity pages. Future patches will link this page table directly into the stages on some platforms so having an assembly file makes a lot of sense. This also optimizes the size of the page of each 4K page by placing the PDPE_table below the PDE. Change-Id: Ia1e31b701a2584268c85d327bf139953213899e3 Signed-off-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/63725 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Raul Rangel <rrangel@chromium.org>
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@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ In order to add support for x86_64 the following assumptions were made:
* A stage can install new page tables in RAM
## Page tables
-Page tables are generated by a tool in `util/pgtblgen/pgtblgen`. It writes
-the page tables to a file which is then included into the CBFS as file called
-`pagetables`.
+A `pagetables` cbfs file is generated based on an assembly file.
To generate the static page tables it must know the physical address where to
place the file.