xen的启动信息页

struct start_info {
    /* THE FOLLOWING ARE FILLED IN BOTH ON INITIAL BOOT AND ON RESUME.    */
    char magic[32];             /* "xen-<version>-<platform>".            */
    unsigned long nr_pages;     /* Total pages allocated to this domain.  */
    unsigned long shared_info;  /* MACHINE address of shared info struct. */
    uint32_t flags;             /* SIF_xxx flags.                         */
    xen_pfn_t store_mfn;        /* MACHINE page number of shared page.    */
    uint32_t store_evtchn;      /* Event channel for store communication. */
    union {
        struct {
            xen_pfn_t mfn;      /* MACHINE page number of console page.   */
            uint32_t  evtchn;   /* Event channel for console page.        */
        } domU;
        struct {
            uint32_t info_off;  /* Offset of console_info struct.         */
            uint32_t info_size; /* Size of console_info struct from start.*/
        } dom0;
    } console;
    /* THE FOLLOWING ARE ONLY FILLED IN ON INITIAL BOOT (NOT RESUME).     */
    unsigned long pt_base;      /* VIRTUAL address of page directory.     */
    unsigned long nr_pt_frames; /* Number of bootstrap p.t. frames.       */
    unsigned long mfn_list;     /* VIRTUAL address of page-frame list.    */
    unsigned long mod_start;    /* VIRTUAL address of pre-loaded module   */
                                /* (PFN of pre-loaded module if           */
                                /*  SIF_MOD_START_PFN set in flags).      */
    unsigned long mod_len;      /* Size (bytes) of pre-loaded module.     */
#define MAX_GUEST_CMDLINE 1024
    int8_t cmd_line[MAX_GUEST_CMDLINE];
    /* The pfn range here covers both page table and p->m table frames.   */
    unsigned long first_p2m_pfn;/* 1st pfn forming initial P->M table.    */
    unsigned long nr_p2m_frames;/* # of pfns forming initial P->M table.  */
};

xen的启动信息页中包含dom启动的控制台，内存的信息。

有些数据类型在dom启动和恢复的时候都会被使用：

magic xen的版本信息

nr_pages dom的内存页数

shared_info 共享信息页的物理地址

flags dom的属性，SIF_XXX格式，表明是否为特权域等

/* These flags are passed in the 'flags' field of start_info_t. */
#define SIF_PRIVILEGED    (1<<0)  /* Is the domain privileged? */
#define SIF_INITDOMAIN    (1<<1)  /* Is this the initial control domain? */
#define SIF_MULTIBOOT_MOD (1<<2)  /* Is mod_start a multiboot module? */
#define SIF_MOD_START_PFN (1<<3)  /* Is mod_start a PFN? */
#define SIF_PM_MASK       (0xFF<<8) /* reserve 1 byte for xen-pm options */

store_mfn 和store_evtchn 表示共享页号，和事件通道共同构成了这个domain的xenstore 设备

console表示一个控制台设备

下面的数据是只用在domain启动的时候

pt_base 表示页目录的虚拟地址，nr_pt_frames 表示有多少个页框，mfn_list表示页框列表

mod_start和mod_len 来在系统启动时候加载一定数量的模块

cmd_line 用于dom启动时向系统内核传递参数