linux-kernel - [PATCH] doc: add boot protocol 2.13 description to Documentation/x86/boot.txt

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Date:   Fri,  8 Mar 2019 12:43:10 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, corbet@....net, hpa@...or.com, bp@...en8.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        mfleming@...e.com, ross.philipson@...cle.com,
        daniel.kiper@...cle.com, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add boot protocol 2.13 description to Documentation/x86/boot.txt

Documentation/x86/boot.txt is missing protocol 2.13 description.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index f4c2a97bfdbd..223e484a1304 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ Protocol 2.12:	(Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
 		to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk
 		above 4G in 64bit.
 
+Protocol 2.13:	(Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
+		xloadflags to support booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit
+		EFI
+
 **** MEMORY LAYOUT
 
 The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
-- 
2.16.4