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SubjectRe: LOADER_TYPE for Xen in boot_params?
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> Should I be poking some Xen-specific value into the LOADER_TYPE
>> field? If so, what value? Should I just claim 5? And should this
>> be Xen in particular, or reserve a value for 'hypervisor' and then
>> have some other mechanism to distinguish which one?
>>
>
> It probably should be Xen in particular. Send me a patch allocating 9
> for Xen, and use that.

Claim an ID number for Xen in the LOADER_TYPE field.

Also, keep the table in zero-page.txt consistent with boot.txt.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>

diff -r 4f3c59461622 Documentation/i386/boot.txt
--- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt Mon Aug 07 12:01:49 2006 -0700
+++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt Mon Aug 07 23:06:45 2006 -0700
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however:
5 ELILO
7 GRuB
8 U-BOOT
+ 9 Xen

Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID
value assigned.
diff -r 4f3c59461622 Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
--- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt Mon Aug 07 12:01:49 2006 -0700
+++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt Mon Aug 07 23:07:30 2006 -0700
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ 0x210 char LOADER_TYPE, = 0, old one
2 for bootsect-loader
3 for SYSLINUX
4 for ETHERBOOT
+ 5 for ELILO
+ 7 for GRuB
+ 8 for U-BOOT
+ 9 for Xen
V = version
0x211 char loadflags:
bit0 = 1: kernel is loaded high (bzImage)

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