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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/boot.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 9efceff51bfb..406d82d5d2bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ 1 Loadlin 2 bootsect-loader (0x20, all other values reserved) 3 Syslinux - 4 Etherboot/gPXE + 4 Etherboot/gPXE/iPXE 5 ELILO 7 GRUB 8 U-Boot @@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ A Gujin B Qemu C Arcturus Networks uCbootloader + D kexec-tools E Extended (see ext_loader_type) F Special (0xFF = undefined) 10 Reserved @@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ boot_params as that of 16-bit boot protocol, the boot loader should also fill the additional fields of the struct boot_params as that described in zero-page.txt. -After setupping the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the +After setting up the struct boot_params, the boot loader can load the 32/64-bit kernel in the same way as that of 16-bit boot protocol. In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the @@ -1023,7 +1024,7 @@ In 32-bit boot protocol, the kernel is started by jumping to the At entry, the CPU must be in 32-bit protected mode with paging disabled; a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selectors __BOOT_CS(0x10) and __BOOT_DS(0x18); both descriptors must be 4G flat -segment; __BOOS_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS +segment; __BOOT_CS must have execute/read permission, and __BOOT_DS must have read/write permission; CS must be __BOOT_CS and DS, ES, SS must be __BOOT_DS; interrupt must be disabled; %esi must hold the base address of the struct boot_params; %ebp, %edi and %ebx must be zero. |