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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/boot.txt')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 7727db8f94bc..5e9b826b5f62 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk above 4G in 64bit. -Protocol 2.13: (Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in - xloadflags to support booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit - EFI - -Protocol 2.14: (Kernel 4.20) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical - address of the ACPI RSDP table. - The bootloader updates version with: - 0x8000 | min(kernel-version, bootloader-version) - kernel-version being the protocol version supported by - the kernel and bootloader-version the protocol version - supported by the bootloader. - **** MEMORY LAYOUT The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or @@ -209,7 +197,6 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0258/8 2.10+ pref_address Preferred loading address 0260/4 2.10+ init_size Linear memory required during initialization 0264/4 2.11+ handover_offset Offset of handover entry point -0268/8 2.14+ acpi_rsdp_addr Physical address of RSDP table (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the real value is 4. @@ -322,7 +309,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ Contains the magic number "HdrS" (0x53726448). Field name: version -Type: modify +Type: read Offset/size: 0x206/2 Protocol: 2.00+ @@ -330,12 +317,6 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version 10.17. - Up to protocol version 2.13 this information is only read by the - bootloader. From protocol version 2.14 onwards the bootloader will - write the used protocol version or-ed with 0x8000 to the field. The - used protocol version will be the minimum of the supported protocol - versions of the bootloader and the kernel. - Field name: realmode_swtch Type: modify (optional) Offset/size: 0x208/4 @@ -763,17 +744,6 @@ Offset/size: 0x264/4 See EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL below for more details. -Field name: acpi_rsdp_addr -Type: write -Offset/size: 0x268/8 -Protocol: 2.14+ - - This field can be set by the boot loader to tell the kernel the - physical address of the ACPI RSDP table. - - A value of 0 indicates the kernel should fall back to the standard - methods to locate the RSDP. - **** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM |