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* x86: Add hardware_subarch ID for MoorestownPan, Jacob jun2009-08-311-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | x86 bootprotocol 2.07 has introduced hardware_subarch ID in the boot parameters provided by FW. We use it to identify Moorestown platforms. [ tglx: Cleanup and paravirt fix ] Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and versionH. Peter Anvin2009-05-111-7/+52
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A long ago, in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor. There were vikings and boats and some plans for a Linux kernel header. Unfortunately, a single 8-bit field was used for bootloader type and version. This has generally worked without *too* much pain, but we're getting close to flat running out of ID fields. Add extension fields for both type and version. The type will be extended if it the old field is 0xE; the version is a simple MSB extension. Keep /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type containing (type << 4) + (ver & 0xf) for backwards compatiblity, but also add /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_version which contains the full version number. [ Impact: new feature to support more bootloaders ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86: document new bzImage fieldsH. Peter Anvin2009-05-111-4/+65
| | | | | | | | Document the new bzImage fields for kernel memory placement. [ Impact: adds documentation ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
*-. Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/fixmap', 'x86/mm', 'x86/sched', ↵Ingo Molnar2009-03-041-1/+4
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | 'x86/setup-lzma', 'x86/signal' and 'x86/urgent' into x86/core
| * | bzip2/lzma: update boot protocol specificationH. Peter Anvin2009-01-141-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: documentation Update the boot protocol specification to include the currently supported file formats and their magic numbers. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
* | | Documentation/x86/boot.txt: modify fieldnameBaodong Chen2009-01-151-6/+7
| |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Modify field names to the right ones: - start_sys was changed to start_sys_seg - iinitrd_addr_max was changed to ramdisk_max - pad2 was changed to pad2 and pad3 - readmode_swtch was changed to realmode_swtch Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@gmail.com[email]> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* | Documentation/x86/boot.txt: payload length was changed to payload_lengthBaodong Chen2009-01-041-1/+1
|/ | | | | | Signed-off-by: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@gmail.com[email]> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocolPhilipp Kohlbecher2008-12-161-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: clarify documentation Documentation/x86/boot.txt describes payload_offset as the offset from the end of the real-mode code. In fact, it is more accurately described as the offset from the beginning of the protected-mode code, as (a) this is how it is actually calculated and (b) the padding after the real-mode code is not included in the offset. Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86/doc: spelling fix for grubKOSAKI Motohiro2008-11-111-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Impact: documentation fix I met okuji-san (GRUB maintainer) yesterday. He said GRuB isn't correct spelled and he want to fix it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86: doc: boot.txt: fix the size of the start_sys fieldH. Peter Anvin2008-07-221-1/+1
| | | | | | The start_sys field is two bytes, not four. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from Doc/x86/i386H. Peter Anvin2008-07-221-0/+900
The boot protocol, USB legacy support, and zero-page documentation is common to the x86 platform, not i386-specific. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>