linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v7 0/3] x86 boot: 32-bit boot protocol

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Message-ID: <471E9CC1.90102@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:15:45 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v7 0/3] x86 boot: 32-bit boot protocol

Huang, Ying wrote:
> 
> Do you think it is possible that the 3rd patch of the patchset: document
> for 32 bit boot protocol can be merged into upstream firstly? It has
> been used by kexec/LinuxBIOS already and the EFI support patches depend
> on it too.
> 

Well, the part of it that doesn't document the 2.08 boot protocol, at 
least, since it documents existing practice.

	-hpa
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