From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9D3AC433FE for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2022 07:15:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229657AbiJBHPo (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2022 03:15:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60772 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229679AbiJBHPn (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2022 03:15:43 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [IPv6:2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36D0545048 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oetBv-00021X-Pp; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:15:11 +0200 Message-ID: <5da3593c-1607-9075-e1ac-1e384fd62b93@pengutronix.de> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 09:15:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for barebox Content-Language: en-US To: Borislav Petkov Cc: hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , barebox@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org References: <20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> From: Ahmad Fatoum In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: a.fatoum@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Hello, On 02.10.22 00:45, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:30:39PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: >> barebox built as EFI payload has been booting Linux on x86 with >> type_of_loader=0xff since v2015.09.0. > > What is barebox? > > That https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebox ? Yes. > > That version number v2015 - am I to understand it that it has been > booting Linux since the year 2015? > > In any case, it would be useful to explain a bit what it is here. Release cadence is monthly. Starting with release v2015.09.0, type_of_loader=0xff was being used. I figured it's about time, we allocate an ID for it. > >> Reserve 13, the next free id, so this can be used instead. > > Sure, I guess, why not. > > Thx. Cheers, Ahmad -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |