Re: [PATCH] OvmfPkg: raise DXEFV size to 11 MB

[Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>]

On 28 May 2018 at 20:49, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
> Almost exactly two years after commit 2f7b34b20842f, we've grown out the
> 10MB DXEFV:
>
>> build -a IA32 -a X64 -p OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc -b NOOPT -t GCC48 \
>>   -D SMM_REQUIRE -D SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE -D TLS_ENABLE -D E1000_ENABLE \
>>   -D HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE -D NETWORK_IP6_ENABLE
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> GenFv: ERROR 3000: Invalid
>>   the required fv image size 0xa28d48 exceeds the set fv image size
>>   0xa00000
>
> Raise the DXEFV size to 11MB.
>
> (For builds that don't need this DXEFV bump, I've checked the
> FVMAIN_COMPACT increase stemming from the additional 1MB padding, using
> NOOPT + GCC48 + FD_SIZE_2MB, and no other "-D" flags. In the IA32 build,
> FVMAIN_COMPACT grows by 232 bytes. In the IA32X64 build, FVMAIN_COMPACT
> shrinks by 64 bytes. In the X64 build, FVMAIN_COMPACT shrinks by 376
> bytes.)
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> Cc: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
> Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

> ---
>
> Notes:
>     - repo & branch: https://github.com/lersek/edk2.git ; dxefv_11mb
>
>     - regression-tested with the "crash" tool for vmcore analysis
>
>     - regression-tested using S3 suspend/resume with my usual guests,
>       including Linux, Windows, i440fx, q35, SMM etc
>
>  OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf    | 6 +++---
>  OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf | 6 +++---
>  OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf     | 6 +++---
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf
> index 0427ded49239..b199713925fe 100644
> --- a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf
> +++ b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.fdf
> @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ [FD.OVMF_CODE]
>
>  [FD.MEMFD]
>  BaseAddress   = $(MEMFD_BASE_ADDRESS)
> -Size          = 0xB00000
> +Size          = 0xC00000
>  ErasePolarity = 1
>  BlockSize     = 0x10000
> -NumBlocks     = 0xB0
> +NumBlocks     = 0xC0
>
>  0x000000|0x006000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesSize
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ [FD.MEMFD]
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvSize
>  FV = PEIFV
>
> -0x100000|0xA00000
> +0x100000|0xB00000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvSize
>  FV = DXEFV
>
> diff --git a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf
> index 6df47f48cd2c..4ebf64b2b9dc 100644
> --- a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf
> +++ b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.fdf
> @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ [FD.OVMF_CODE]
>
>  [FD.MEMFD]
>  BaseAddress   = $(MEMFD_BASE_ADDRESS)
> -Size          = 0xB00000
> +Size          = 0xC00000
>  ErasePolarity = 1
>  BlockSize     = 0x10000
> -NumBlocks     = 0xB0
> +NumBlocks     = 0xC0
>
>  0x000000|0x006000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesSize
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ [FD.MEMFD]
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvSize
>  FV = PEIFV
>
> -0x100000|0xA00000
> +0x100000|0xB00000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvSize
>  FV = DXEFV
>
> diff --git a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf
> index 2e2a1749b5d2..9ca96f928287 100644
> --- a/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf
> +++ b/OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.fdf
> @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ [FD.OVMF_CODE]
>
>  [FD.MEMFD]
>  BaseAddress   = $(MEMFD_BASE_ADDRESS)
> -Size          = 0xB00000
> +Size          = 0xC00000
>  ErasePolarity = 1
>  BlockSize     = 0x10000
> -NumBlocks     = 0xB0
> +NumBlocks     = 0xC0
>
>  0x000000|0x006000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfSecPageTablesSize
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ [FD.MEMFD]
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfPeiMemFvSize
>  FV = PEIFV
>
> -0x100000|0xA00000
> +0x100000|0xB00000
>  gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvBase|gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdOvmfDxeMemFvSize
>  FV = DXEFV
>
> --
> 2.14.1.3.gb7cf6e02401b
>