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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/boot.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 3840b6f28af..a75e3adaa39 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover protocol entry point. Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields - to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk + to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk above 4G in 64bit. **** MEMORY LAYOUT @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0226/1 2.02+(3 ext_loader_ver Extended boot loader version 0227/1 2.02+(3 ext_loader_type Extended boot loader ID 0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line -022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address +022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_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 0235/1 2.10+ min_alignment Minimum alignment, as a power of two @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+ zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support the 2.02+ protocol. -Field name: ramdisk_max +Field name: initrd_addr_max Type: read Offset/size: 0x22c/4 Protocol: 2.03+ @@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ Protocol: 2.12+ - If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point given at handover_offset + 0x200. + Bit 4 (read): XLF_EFI_KEXEC + - If 1, the kernel supports kexec EFI boot with EFI runtime support. + Field name: cmdline_size Type: read Offset/size: 0x238/4 @@ -657,9 +660,10 @@ Protocol: 2.08+ uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic numbers. The currently supported compression formats are gzip (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A), LZMA - (magic number 5D 00), and XZ (magic number FD 37). The uncompressed - payload is currently always ELF (magic number 7F 45 4C 46). - + (magic number 5D 00), XZ (magic number FD 37), and LZ4 (magic number + 02 21). The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF (magic + number 7F 45 4C 46). + Field name: payload_length Type: read Offset/size: 0x24c/4 |