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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:45:48 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, barebox@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for
 barebox

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:30:39PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> barebox built as EFI payload has been booting Linux on x86 with
> type_of_loader=0xff since v2015.09.0.

What is barebox?

That https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebox ?

That version number v2015 - am I to understand it that it has been
booting Linux since the year 2015?

In any case, it would be useful to explain a bit what it is here.

> Reserve 13, the next free id, so this can be used instead.

Sure, I guess, why not.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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