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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0901151332380.5377@jikos.suse.cz>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:33:33 +0100 (CET)
From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To: Baodong Chen <chenbdchenbd@...il.com>
cc: trivial@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Li Yang <leo@...kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86/boot.txt:modify fieldname
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Baodong Chen wrote:
> >From a7f7081367c5682c8a0b7fd0699a7bff9e779fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@...il.com[email]>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:54:00 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/x86/boot.txt:modify fieldname
> start_sys was changed to start_sys_seg
> iinitrd_addr_max was changed to ramdisk_max
> pad2 was changed to pad2 and pad3
> readmode_swtch was changed to realmode_swtch
> Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@...il.com[email]>
>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 13 +++++++------
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> index 7b4596a..1229969 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
> 0202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS"
> 0206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported
> 0208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below)
> -020C/2 2.00+ start_sys The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
> +020C/2 2.00+ start_sys_seg The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
> 020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string
> 0210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier
> 0211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags
> @@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
> 0224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end
> 0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused
> 0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
> -022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address
> +022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address
> 0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
> 0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
> -0235/3 N/A pad2 Unused
> +0235/1 N/A pad2 Unused
> +0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused
> 0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
> 023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
> 0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
> @@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
> e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
> 10.17.
>
> -Field name: readmode_swtch
> +Field name: realmode_swtch
> Type: modify (optional)
> Offset/size: 0x208/4
> Protocol: 2.00+
>
> Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.)
>
> -Field name: start_sys
> +Field name: start_sys_seg
> Type: read
> Offset/size: 0x20c/2
> Protocol: 2.00+
> @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+
> zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support
> the 2.02+ protocol.
>
> -Field name: initrd_addr_max
> +Field name: ramdisk_max
> Type: read
> Offset/size: 0x22c/4
> Protocol: 2.03+
This one doesn't seem to have been picked up by x86 maintainers ... guys,
could anyone please Ack it, so that i can take it through trivial tree, or
take it through x86 tree?
Thanks,
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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