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

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Message-ID: <D3212816-1FE7-44B3-9CF6-299EF830BC0A@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:12:57 -0500
From:   Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, 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, mfleming@...e.com,
        ross.philipson@...cle.com, daniel.kiper@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add boot protocol 2.13 description to Documentation/x86/boot.txt



On March 8, 2019 6:43:10 AM EST, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> wrote:
>Documentation/x86/boot.txt is missing protocol 2.13 description.
>
>Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

You forgot Reported-by: Ross Philipson ...

And pls feel free to add Reviewed-by from me as well.
>---
> 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

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