abled bootloader would be
expected to copy into a setup_data chunk.
This patch does not bump setup_header version in arch/x86/boot/header.S
because it will be followed by additional changes coming into the
Linux/x86 boot protocol.
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
Reviewed-by
This field contains maximal allowed type for setup_data and
setup_indirect structs.
And finally bump setup_header version in arch/x86/boot/header.S.
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
Reviewed-by: Ross Philipson
Reviewed-by: Eric Snowberg
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Documentation/x86/boot.rst
boot protocol.
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
Reviewed-by: Eric Snowberg
Reviewed-by: Ross Philipson
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v2 - suggestions/fixes:
- add setup_indirect usage example
(suggested by Eric Snowberg and Ross Philipson).
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Daniel Kiper (3):
x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info
x86/boot: Introduce the setup_indirect
x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info.setup_type_max
On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 06:36:09PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Due to very limited space in the setup_header this patch series introduces new
> kernel_info struct which will be used to convey information from the kernel to
> the bootloader. This way the boot protocol
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 09:04:23AM -0700, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> On July 4, 2019 9:36:10 AM PDT, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >The relationships between the headers are analogous to the various data
> >sections:
> >
> > setup_header = .data
> > boot_params/setup_d
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:18:43AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 2019-09-30 08:01, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >
> > OK.
> >
> >> field for the entire .kernel_info section, thus ensuring it is a
> >> single self-contained blob.
> >
> > .rodata.ker
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 08:56:44AM -0700, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> On July 4, 2019 9:36:11 AM PDT, Daniel Kiper wrote:
[...]
> >diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
> >b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
> >index b05318112452..17fa6ad6 100644
> >
On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 03:28:01PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 2019-10-01 04:41, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >
> > OK, so, this is more or less what I had in my v3 patch before sending
> > this email. So, it looks that I am on good track. Great! Though I am not
> > sur
On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 12:43:10PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Documentation/x86/boot.txt is missing protocol 2.13 description.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper
Daniel
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:54:31AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 05/12/2016 01:20 PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > On 05/10/2016 08:57 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 02:43:58PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> >>> Is it not possible to maintain some kind of kernel virtual address
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