Dom0 kernel and ramdisk modules ================================ Xen is passed the dom0 kernel and initrd via a reference in the /chosen node of the device tree. Each node has the form /chosen/modules/module@ and contains the following properties: - compatible Must be: "xen,", "xen,multiboot-module" where must be one of: - "linux-zimage" -- the dom0 kernel - "linux-initrd" -- the dom0 ramdisk - reg Specifies the physical address of the module in RAM and the length of the module. - bootargs (optional) Command line associated with this module. This is deprecated and should be replaced by the bootargs variations described below. Command lines ============= Xen also checks for properties directly under /chosen to find suitable command lines for Xen and Dom0. The logic is the following: - If xen,xen-bootargs is present, it will be used for Xen. - If xen,dom0-bootargs is present, it will be used for Dom0. - If xen,xen-bootargs is _not_ present, but xen,dom0-bootargs is, bootargs will be used for Xen. - If no Xen specific properties are present, bootargs is for Dom0. - If xen,xen-bootargs is present, but xen,dom0-bootargs is missing, bootargs will be used for Dom0. Most of these cases is to make booting with Xen-unaware bootloaders easier. For those you would hardcode the Xen commandline in the DTB under /chosen/xen,xen-bootargs and would let the bootloader set the Dom0 command line by writing bootargs (as for native Linux). A Xen-aware bootloader would set xen,xen-bootargs for Xen, xen,dom0-bootargs for Dom0 and bootargs for native Linux.