* Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen
@ 2006-09-09 23:55 Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-10 1:20 ` Dave Jones
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge @ 2006-09-09 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: H. Peter Anvin, Linux Kernel Mailing List
Claim an ID number for Xen in the LOADER_TYPE field.
Also, keep the table in zero-page.txt consistent with boot.txt.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
===================================================================
--- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however:
5 ELILO
7 GRuB
8 U-BOOT
+ 9 Xen
Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID
value assigned.
===================================================================
--- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ 0x210 char LOADER_TYPE, = 0, old one
2 for bootsect-loader
3 for SYSLINUX
4 for ETHERBOOT
+ 5 for ELILO
+ 7 for GRuB
+ 8 for U-BOOT
+ 9 for Xen
V = version
0x211 char loadflags:
bit0 = 1: kernel is loaded high (bzImage)
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* Re: Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen
2006-09-09 23:55 Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen Jeremy Fitzhardinge
@ 2006-09-10 1:20 ` Dave Jones
2006-09-10 1:28 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2006-09-10 1:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Cc: Andrew Morton, H. Peter Anvin, Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 04:55:30PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however:
> 5 ELILO
> 7 GRuB
> 8 U-BOOT
> + 9 Xen
>
> Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID
> value assigned.
> ===================================================================
> --- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
> @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ 0x210 char LOADER_TYPE, = 0, old one
> 2 for bootsect-loader
> 3 for SYSLINUX
> 4 for ETHERBOOT
> + 5 for ELILO
> + 7 for GRuB
> + 8 for U-BOOT
> + 9 for Xen
> V = version
> 0x211 char loadflags:
Is there a reason 6 has been skipped ?
Dave
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* Re: Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen
2006-09-10 1:20 ` Dave Jones
@ 2006-09-10 1:28 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-10 18:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge @ 2006-09-10 1:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Jones, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, Andrew Morton, H. Peter Anvin,
Linux Kernel Mailing List
Dave Jones wrote:
> > 4 for ETHERBOOT
> > + 5 for ELILO
> > + 7 for GRuB
> > + 8 for U-BOOT
> > + 9 for Xen
> > V = version
> > 0x211 char loadflags:
>
> Is there a reason 6 has been skipped ?
>
HPA told me to use 9. Maybe there's an unofficial user for 6?
J
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* Re: Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen
2006-09-10 1:28 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
@ 2006-09-10 18:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2006-09-10 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge; +Cc: Dave Jones, Andrew Morton, Linux Kernel Mailing List
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>> > 4 for ETHERBOOT
>> > + 5 for ELILO
>> > + 7 for GRuB
>> > + 8 for U-BOOT
>> > + 9 for Xen
>> > V = version
>> > 0x211 char loadflags:
>>
>> Is there a reason 6 has been skipped ?
>>
>
> HPA told me to use 9. Maybe there's an unofficial user for 6?
>
6 was skipped because I couldn't rule out that it hadn't been
unofficially used. It seemed easier to skip it for now.
-hpa
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