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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:48:11 +0200 From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com> To: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org Cc: ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, bp@...en8.de, corbet@....net, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, eric.snowberg@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com, jgross@...e.com, kanth.ghatraju@...cle.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com, mingo@...hat.com, rdunlap@...radead.org, ross.philipson@...cle.com, tglx@...utronix.de Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info et consortes Hi, Due to very limited space in the setup_header this patch series introduces new kernel_info struct which will be used to convey information from the kernel to the bootloader. This way the boot protocol can be extended regardless of the setup_header limitations. Additionally, the patch series introduces some convenience features like the setup_indirect struct and the kernel_info.setup_type_max field. Daniel Documentation/x86/boot.rst | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 2 +- arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 +- arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 12 ++++++ arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S | 22 ++++++++++ arch/x86/boot/header.S | 3 +- arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 5 +++ arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h | 16 +++++++- arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 11 +++++ arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 20 +++++++-- arch/x86/kernel/ksysfs.c | 30 ++++++++++---- arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 4 ++ arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c | 11 +++++ 13 files changed, 298 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) Daniel Kiper (3): x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info.setup_type_max x86/boot: Introduce the setup_indirect
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