linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86_64 EFI runtime service support

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Message-ID: <46CC6420.2030506@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:28:16 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aaron Durbin <adurbin@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86_64 EFI runtime service support

huang ying wrote:
> 
> My proposal: Use Peter proposed "linked list of struct setup_data"
> style boot protocol as long term goal.
> 
> To smooth the transforming process, the following back compatible
> scheme can be taken:
> 
> 1. Keep zero page as an informal external boot protocol, and marked it
> as deprecated for external usage.
> 2. Add a magic number to standard boot protocol, which is set by
> bootloader to indicate the new style or old style boot protocol is
> used.
> 3. Add the pointer to "linked list of struct setup_data" to standard
> boot protocol.
> 4. If kernel is booted with correct magic number, the kernel will
> convert "linked list" to zero page, or use "linked list" directly. If
> kernel is booted with incorrect magic number, the kernel will use the
> "zero page" from bootloader or convert "zero page" to "linked list".
> 

You're making it needlessly complicated.

	-hpa
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