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    SubjectRe: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage
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    On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 21:00 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > > Rusty Russell wrote:
    > >> It'd be nicer if there were a "struct boot_params" declaration, but we
    > >> can't have everything.
    > >
    > > It's in my patchset-under-development.
    > >
    > > (Preview snapshot:
    > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~hpa/setup-snapshot-2007.04.30.patch)
    >
    > Just pushed out a git tree:
    >
    > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-newsetup.git;a=summary

    Any chance of splitting off a "struct boot_params" header (includable by
    non-kernel code) for inclusion immediately? The rest can wait until
    2.6.23, but it'd be sweet to get this in place sooner.

    BTW, wrt. a new "platform type" field, should it go something like this?

    -0235/3 N/A pad2 Unused
    +0235/1 2.07+ platform_type Runtime platform (see below)
    +0236/2 N/A pad2 Unused
    ...
    + platform_type:
    + For kernels which can boot on multiple platforms. Currently
    + 0 == native (normal), 1 == lguest (paravirtualized).

    Thanks,
    Rusty.


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