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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-29 09:03:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-29 09:03:19 -0700 |
| commit | 1f43c5393033de90bac4410352b1d2a69dcbe7ef (patch) | |
| tree | 3e6c3b9e9ea4dd6620a3b8332546a3cbbeddb1fd /Documentation | |
| parent | c135b6592bd63925397e60425e0301f33f06c7a6 (diff) | |
| parent | e90955c26d8af318658c45caadb1d330ac6a506c (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes:
x86: fix PCI MSI breaks when booting with nosmp
x86: vget_cycles() __always_inline
x86: add more boot protocol documentation
bootprotocol: cleanup
x86: fix warning in "x86: clean up vSMP detection"
x86: !x & y typo in mtrr code
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 0fac3465f2e3..95ad15c3b01f 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -40,9 +40,17 @@ Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable. Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields. Protocol 2.06: (Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of - the boot command line + the boot command line. -Protocol 2.09: (kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical +Protocol 2.07: (Kernel 2.6.24) Added paravirtualised boot protocol. + Introduced hardware_subarch and hardware_subarch_data + and KEEP_SEGMENTS flag in load_flags. + +Protocol 2.08: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added crc32 checksum and ELF format + payload. Introduced payload_offset and payload length + fields to aid in locating the payload. + +Protocol 2.09: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical pointer to single linked list of struct setup_data. **** MEMORY LAYOUT |