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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-29 12:03:19 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-29 12:03:19 -0400
commit1f43c5393033de90bac4410352b1d2a69dcbe7ef (patch)
tree3e6c3b9e9ea4dd6620a3b8332546a3cbbeddb1fd /Documentation
parentc135b6592bd63925397e60425e0301f33f06c7a6 (diff)
parente90955c26d8af318658c45caadb1d330ac6a506c (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes: x86: fix PCI MSI breaks when booting with nosmp x86: vget_cycles() __always_inline x86: add more boot protocol documentation bootprotocol: cleanup x86: fix warning in "x86: clean up vSMP detection" x86: !x & y typo in mtrr code
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diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
index 0fac3465f2e3..95ad15c3b01f 100644
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@@ -40,9 +40,17 @@ Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable.
40 Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields. 40 Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields.
41 41
42Protocol 2.06: (Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of 42Protocol 2.06: (Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of
43 the boot command line 43 the boot command line.
44 44
45Protocol 2.09: (kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical 45Protocol 2.07: (Kernel 2.6.24) Added paravirtualised boot protocol.
46 Introduced hardware_subarch and hardware_subarch_data
47 and KEEP_SEGMENTS flag in load_flags.
48
49Protocol 2.08: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added crc32 checksum and ELF format
50 payload. Introduced payload_offset and payload length
51 fields to aid in locating the payload.
52
53Protocol 2.09: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical
46 pointer to single linked list of struct setup_data. 54 pointer to single linked list of struct setup_data.
47 55
48**** MEMORY LAYOUT 56**** MEMORY LAYOUT