3 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
index 35985b34d5a6..2f75e750e4f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ Offset	Proto	Name		Meaning
 0234/1  2.05+   relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
 0235/3  N/A     pad2            Unused
 0238/4  2.06+   cmdline_size    Maximum size of the kernel command line
+023C/4  2.07+   hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
+0240/8  2.07+   hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
 
 (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
     real value is 4.
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ boot loaders can ignore those fields.
 
 The byte order of all fields is littleendian (this is x86, after all.)
 
-Field name:     setup_secs
+Field name:     setup_sects
 Type:           read
 Offset/size:    0x1f1/1
 Protocol:       ALL
@@ -356,6 +358,13 @@ Protocol:	2.00+
         - If 0, the protected-mode code is loaded at 0x10000.
         - If 1, the protected-mode code is loaded at 0x100000.
 
+  Bit 6 (write): KEEP_SEGMENTS
+        Protocol: 2.07+
+        - if 0, reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point.
+        - if 1, do not reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point.
+                Assume that %cs %ds %ss %es are all set to flat segments with
+                a base of 0 (or the equivalent for their environment).
+
   Bit 7 (write): CAN_USE_HEAP
         Set this bit to 1 to indicate that the value entered in the
         heap_end_ptr is valid.  If this field is clear, some setup code
@@ -480,6 +489,29 @@ Protocol:	2.06+
   cmdline_size characters. With protocol version 2.05 and earlier, the
   maximum size was 255.
 
+Field name:     hardware_subarch
+Type:           write
+Offset/size:    0x23c/4
+Protocol:       2.07+
+
+  In a paravirtualized environment the hardware low level architectural
+  pieces such as interrupt handling, page table handling, and
+  accessing process control registers needs to be done differently.
+
+  This field allows the bootloader to inform the kernel we are in one
+  one of those environments.
+
+  0x00000000    The default x86/PC environment
+  0x00000001    lguest
+  0x00000002    Xen
+
+Field name:     hardware_subarch_data
+Type:           write
+Offset/size:    0x240/8
+Protocol:       2.07+
+
+  A pointer to data that is specific to hardware subarch
+
 
 **** THE KERNEL COMMAND LINE
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
index f1b7cdda82b3..f8764716b0c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
+#include <asm/bootparam.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
 
 #include <xen/interface/xen.h>
@@ -146,4 +147,10 @@ void foo(void)
         OFFSET(LGUEST_PAGES_regs_errcode, lguest_pages, regs.errcode);
         OFFSET(LGUEST_PAGES_regs, lguest_pages, regs);
 #endif
+
+        BLANK();
+        OFFSET(BP_scratch, boot_params, scratch);
+        OFFSET(BP_loadflags, boot_params, hdr.loadflags);
+        OFFSET(BP_hardware_subarch, boot_params, hdr.hardware_subarch);
+        OFFSET(BP_version, boot_params, hdr.version);
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
index ef67b59dbdb9..dc031cf44633 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ struct setup_header {
         u16     kernel_version;
         u8      type_of_loader;
         u8      loadflags;
-#define LOADED_HIGH     0x01
-#define CAN_USE_HEAP    0x80
+#define LOADED_HIGH     (1<<0)
+#define KEEP_SEGMENTS   (1<<6)
+#define CAN_USE_HEAP    (1<<7)
         u16     setup_move_size;
         u32     code32_start;
         u32     ramdisk_image;
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ struct setup_header {
         u32     initrd_addr_max;
         u32     kernel_alignment;
         u8      relocatable_kernel;
+        u8      _pad2[3];
+        u32     cmdline_size;
+        u32     hardware_subarch;
+        u64     hardware_subarch_data;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 struct sys_desc_table {