linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix boot protocol KEEP

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Message-ID: <47224295.2020406@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:40:05 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix boot protocol KEEP_SEGMENTS check.

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The kernel only ever supports 1 version of the boot protocol
> so there is no need to check the boot protocol revision to
> see if a feature is supported.
> 
> Both x86 and x86_64 support the same boot protocol so we need
> to implement the KEEP_SEGMENTS on x86_64 as well.  It isn't
> just paravirt bootloaders that could use this functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>
> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Btw, Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
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