From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([2001:1868:205::10] helo=mail.zytor.com) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VgAQV-0000QH-Ew for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:38:28 +0000 Message-ID: <5281F6D5.4090700@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:37:25 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam References: <20131105082947.500512312@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <20131105083428.411624560@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <1384219658.1847.84.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> <52819E71.70201@zytor.com> <20131112075831.GA6213@kroah.com> <20131112080854.GD6999@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <20131112083012.GB7708@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20131112083012.GB7708@kroah.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Greg KH , Dave Young Cc: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, Toshi Kani , x86@kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, horms@verge.net.au, bp@alien8.de, ebiederm@xmission.com, Ingo Molnar , vgoyal@redhat.com On 11/12/2013 12:30 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > And these binary data blobs are a "standard" somewhere, and will not > change per kernel version change? > > If so, that structure is fine with me. > Correct. The structure is documented in Documentation/x86/boot.txt, and has been largely invariant (but extended) since the beginning of Linux. It has sometimes taken some serious work to keep it that way. -hpa _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec