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

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Message-Id: <200710311149.23006.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:49:22 +1100
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>,
	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.

On Saturday 27 October 2007 03:29:04 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.

OK, I'm completely confused, so this is probably a v. dumb question.  Doesn't 
this boot header come from the boot loader?

Rusty.
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