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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] lguest: loading bzImage directly
Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 10:37 +0100, Chris Malley wrote:
>> Hi guys
>>
>> Would it not be clearer to #include <asm/bootparam.h> and use
>> the relevant named members of struct setup_header / struct boot_params
>> rather than the hard-coded values 0x202, 0x1F1, 0x214 ?
>
> Yes, but unfortunately bootparam.h wasn't designed to be included from
> userspace.
>
> The patch would look like this, but it makes me wonder if it'd be better
> to put all these user-exposed types in bootparam.h and have the other
> headers include them. hpa?
>

I don't have a strong preference either way, but I think what you have
here is fine.

-hpa

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