Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data | From | "Huang, Ying" <> | Date | Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:11:47 +0800 |
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On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 08:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Huang, Ying wrote: > > This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated > > single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel > > header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters > > passing mechanism. > > You MUST NOT add a field like this without changing the version number, > and, since you expect to enter the kernel at the PM entrypoint, you > better *CHECK* that version number before ever descending down the chain. >
I forgot changing the version number in boot/head.S. I will add it. And I will add version number checking before descending down the chain.
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