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SubjectRe: Comments wanted: Linux/i386 boot protocol doc
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:57:37PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Currently, four versions of the Linux/i386 boot protocol exist.
>
> Old kernels: zImage/Image support only. Some very early kernels
> may not even support a command line.
>
> Protocol 2.00: Added bzImage and initrd support, as well as a
> formalized way to communicate between the boot loader
> and the kernel.
>
> Protocol 2.01: Added a heap overrun warning.
>
> Protocol 2.02: New command line protocol. Lower the
> conventional-memory ceiling. zImage deprecated but
> still supported.

It'd be nice to indicate approximately which kernel versions support
which versions of the boot protocol.

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