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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-26 23:39:17 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-27 19:28:43 +0300 |
commit | 6e15cf04860074ad032e88c306bea656bbdd0f22 (patch) | |
tree | c346383bb7563e8d66b2f4a502f875b259c34870 /Documentation/x86 | |
parent | be0ea69674ed95e1e98cb3687a241badc756d228 (diff) | |
parent | 60db56422043aaa455ac7f858ce23c273220f9d9 (diff) | |
download | linux-6e15cf04860074ad032e88c306bea656bbdd0f22.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2
Conflicts:
arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c
arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
kernel/irq/handle.c
Semantic merge:
arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 7b4596ac4120..e0203662f9e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS" 0206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported 0208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below) -020C/2 2.00+ start_sys The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete) +020C/2 2.00+ start_sys_seg The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete) 020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string 0210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier 0211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags @@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end 0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused 0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line -022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address +022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address 0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel 0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not -0235/3 N/A pad2 Unused +0235/1 N/A pad2 Unused +0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused 0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line 023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture 0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data @@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version 10.17. -Field name: readmode_swtch +Field name: realmode_swtch Type: modify (optional) Offset/size: 0x208/4 Protocol: 2.00+ Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.) -Field name: start_sys +Field name: start_sys_seg Type: read Offset/size: 0x20c/2 Protocol: 2.00+ @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+ zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support the 2.02+ protocol. -Field name: initrd_addr_max +Field name: ramdisk_max Type: read Offset/size: 0x22c/4 Protocol: 2.03+ @@ -542,7 +543,10 @@ Protocol: 2.08+ The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic - numbers. Currently only gzip compressed ELF is used. + numbers. The currently supported compression formats are gzip + (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A) and LZMA + (magic number 5D 00). The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF + (magic number 7F 45 4C 46). Field name: payload_length Type: read |