linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:35:10 +0800
From:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot
	protocol

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 22:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Huang, Ying wrote:
> > Known issues:
> > 
> > - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from the zero page. Additional
> >   work should be done for this? Or this is unnecessary (because no new
> >   fields will be added to zero page)?
> > 
> 
> For backwards compatibility, they should be marked as there for the
> short-medium term so we don't reuse them for whatever reason.

OK, I will add them back.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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