Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH -v7 0/3] x86 boot: 32-bit boot protocol | From | "Huang, Ying" <> | Date | Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:04:07 +0800 |
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On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:06 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Huang, Ying wrote: > > This patch set defines a 32-bit boot protocol for x86 platform, adds > > an extensible boot parameter passing mechanism, export the boot > > parameters via sysfs. > > > > The patch set has been tested against kernel of git version > > v2.6.23-6623-g55b70a0 (with Rusty's git tree pulled) on x86_64 and > > i386. > > > > This patch set is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. > > > > Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> > > This patchset should spend a cycle in -mm before being merged, though.
Do you think it is possible that the 3rd patch of the patchset: document for 32 bit boot protocol can be merged into upstream firstly? It has been used by kexec/LinuxBIOS already and the EFI support patches depend on it too.
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