Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix boot protocol KEEP_SEGMENTS check.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The kernel only ever supports 1 version of the boot protocol
> so there is no need to check the boot protocol revision to
> see if a feature is supported.
>
> Both x86 and x86_64 support the same boot protocol so we need
> to implement the KEEP_SEGMENTS on x86_64 as well.  It isn't
> just paravirt bootloaders that could use this functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

Btw, Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
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