linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImage and ramdisk high

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Date:	Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:09:49 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImage
 and ramdisk high

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:52 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> But it doesn't solve the bigger problem, and it is just begging to be gotten wrong.
>>
>>later all new kernel need to check USE_EXT_BOOT_PARAMS bit for all new
>>added field in boot_params.

Do you mean
later someone would forget checking USE_EXT_BOOT_PARAMS when accessing
new added fields in boot_params?
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