On 8/21/07, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:41:44AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Andi Kleen wrote: > > >> - "struct boot_params" (the zeropage) is kept as a legacy interface. > > > > > > Legacy interface for what? Just for kexec utils which never should > > > have been using it anyways keeping backwards cruft around seems > > > misplac.ed > > > > Worse. LinuxBIOS. :( > > Sigh. Perhaps it should be renamed AntiLinuxBios: it seems to be actively > adverse.
current LinuxBIOS's path: the elfboot in LinuxBIOS will prepare the e820 table, and jump to startup_32 in kernel. is that not good and simple? kernel is not supposed to switch back and forth to get such memmap... Why not using ACPI mean AntiLinux? YH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
