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

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Message-ID: <20190318115032.349d92c2@lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:50:32 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add boot protocol 2.13 description to
 Documentation/x86/boot.txt

On Fri,  8 Mar 2019 12:43:10 +0100
Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> wrote:

> 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

Applied (with vast numbers of Reviewed-by tags), thanks.

jon