From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:37:25 -0800 Message-ID: <5281F6D5.4090700@zytor.com> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20131112083012.GB7708-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+glkk-kexec=m.gmane.org-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org To: Greg KH , Dave Young Cc: mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Toshi Kani , x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, James.Bottomley-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org, horms-/R6kz+dDXgpPR4JQBCEnsQ@public.gmane.org, bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org, ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, Ingo Molnar , vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org 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