Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Ian Campbell <> | Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:21:11 +0100 | Subject | Re: [git pull] "big box" x86 changes, boot protocol |
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On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 21:54 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > index 2eb1610..0fac346 100644 > --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable. > Protocol 2.06: (Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of > the boot command line > > +Protocol 2.09: (kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical > + pointer to single linked list of struct setup_data. >
How about this. I can redo against current Linus but that will need fixups here.
From cfed8d4043fc03ed948518076db602919b111a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:19:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Backfill x86 boot protocol documentation.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> --- Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 0fac346..86fbbd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -40,9 +40,17 @@ Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable. Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields. Protocol 2.06: (Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of - the boot command line + the boot command line. -Protocol 2.09: (kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical +Protocol 2.07: (Kernel 2.6.24) Added paravirtualised boot protocol. + Introduced hardware_subarch and hardware_subarch_data + and KEEP_SEGMENTS flag in load_flags. + +Protocol 2.08: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added crc32 checksum and ELF format + payload. Introduced payload_offset and payload length + fields to aid in locating the payload. + +Protocol 2.09: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical pointer to single linked list of struct setup_data. **** MEMORY LAYOUT -- 1.5.5.1
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