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| author | Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> | 2008-02-19 11:12:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-04-17 17:40:48 +0200 |
| commit | 87253d1b4f2b5a29bdfc6275b9fb52a47d72df64 (patch) | |
| tree | c2381c07282c356a3e64828b6d0a75e275938d44 /Documentation/i386/boot.txt | |
| parent | bc0a733facbbde6c464e3ba5e165607fe4824cca (diff) | |
x86: boot protocol updates
Also update field names to simply payload_{offset,length} so as to not rule
out uncompressed images.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i386/boot.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 05c24dfd7ecf..2eb16100bb3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 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 -0248/4 2.08+ compressed_payload_offset -024C/4 2.08+ compressed_payload_length +0248/4 2.08+ payload_offset Offset of kernel payload +024C/4 2.08+ payload_length Length of kernel payload (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the real value is 4. @@ -514,22 +514,24 @@ Protocol: 2.07+ A pointer to data that is specific to hardware subarch -Field name: compressed_payload_offset +Field name: payload_offset Type: read Offset/size: 0x248/4 Protocol: 2.08+ If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the - real-mode code to the compressed payload. The compression format - should be determined using the standard magic number, currently only - gzip is used. + real-mode code to the payload. + + 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. -Field name: compressed_payload_length +Field name: payload_length Type: read Offset/size: 0x24c/4 Protocol: 2.08+ - The length of the compressed payload. + The length of the payload. **** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM |