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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst index 90bb8f5ab384..c9c201596c3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst @@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ 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: BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT ae7e1238e68f2a472a125673ab506d49158c1889 +Protocol 2.14 BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT + ae7e1238e68f2a472a125673ab506d49158c1889 (x86/boot: Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header) DO NOT USE!!! ASSUME SAME AS 2.13. -Protocol 2.15: (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and kernel_info.setup_type_max. +Protocol 2.15 (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and kernel_info.setup_type_max. ============= ============================================================ .. note:: @@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ setting fields in the header, you must make sure only to set fields supported by the protocol version in use. -Details of Harder Fileds +Details of Header Fields ======================== For each field, some are information from the kernel to the bootloader @@ -834,14 +835,14 @@ Protocol: 2.09+ chunks of memory are occupied by kernel data. Thus setup_indirect struct and SETUP_INDIRECT type were introduced in - protocol 2.15. + protocol 2.15:: - struct setup_indirect { - __u32 type; - __u32 reserved; /* Reserved, must be set to zero. */ - __u64 len; - __u64 addr; - }; + struct setup_indirect { + __u32 type; + __u32 reserved; /* Reserved, must be set to zero. */ + __u64 len; + __u64 addr; + }; The type member is a SETUP_INDIRECT | SETUP_* type. However, it cannot be SETUP_INDIRECT itself since making the setup_indirect a tree structure @@ -849,19 +850,19 @@ Protocol: 2.09+ and stack space can be limited in boot contexts. Let's give an example how to point to SETUP_E820_EXT data using setup_indirect. - In this case setup_data and setup_indirect will look like this: - - struct setup_data { - __u64 next = 0 or <addr_of_next_setup_data_struct>; - __u32 type = SETUP_INDIRECT; - __u32 len = sizeof(setup_data); - __u8 data[sizeof(setup_indirect)] = struct setup_indirect { - __u32 type = SETUP_INDIRECT | SETUP_E820_EXT; - __u32 reserved = 0; - __u64 len = <len_of_SETUP_E820_EXT_data>; - __u64 addr = <addr_of_SETUP_E820_EXT_data>; + In this case setup_data and setup_indirect will look like this:: + + struct setup_data { + __u64 next = 0 or <addr_of_next_setup_data_struct>; + __u32 type = SETUP_INDIRECT; + __u32 len = sizeof(setup_data); + __u8 data[sizeof(setup_indirect)] = struct setup_indirect { + __u32 type = SETUP_INDIRECT | SETUP_E820_EXT; + __u32 reserved = 0; + __u64 len = <len_of_SETUP_E820_EXT_data>; + __u64 addr = <addr_of_SETUP_E820_EXT_data>; + } } - } .. note:: SETUP_INDIRECT | SETUP_NONE objects cannot be properly distinguished @@ -964,7 +965,7 @@ expected to copy into a setup_data chunk. All kernel_info data should be part of this structure. Fixed size data have to be put before kernel_info_var_len_data label. Variable size data have to be put after kernel_info_var_len_data label. Each chunk of variable size data has to -be prefixed with header/magic and its size, e.g.: +be prefixed with header/magic and its size, e.g.:: kernel_info: .ascii "LToP" /* Header, Linux top (structure). */ |