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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
| commit | 9ff9a26b786c35ee8d2a66222924a807ec851a9f (patch) | |
| tree | db432a17bccca1ca2c16907f0ee83ac449ed4012 /Documentation/x86/boot.txt | |
| parent | 0a3108beea9143225119d5e7c72a8e2c64f3eb7d (diff) | |
| parent | 0d34fb8e93ceba7b6dad0062dbb4a0813bacd75b (diff) | |
Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Manual merge of:
arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/boot.txt')
| -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 7b4596ac412..e0203662f9e 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 |