Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86/boot.txt:modify fieldname

[Jiri Kosina]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Baodong Chen wrote:

> >From a7f7081367c5682c8a0b7fd0699a7bff9e779fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Baodong Chen <[email]chenbdchenbd@xxxxxxxxx[email]>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:54:00 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/x86/boot.txt:modify fieldname
>  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@xxxxxxxxx[email]>
> 
> ---
>  Documentation/x86/boot.txt |   13 +++++++------
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> index 7b4596a..1229969 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset	Proto	Name		Meaning
>  0202/4	2.00+	header		Magic signature "HdrS"
>  0206/2	2.00+	version		Boot protocol version supported
>  0208/4	2.00+	realmode_swtch	Boot loader hook (see below)
> -020C/2	2.00+	start_sys	The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
> +020C/2	2.00+	start_sys_seg	The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
>  020E/2	2.00+	kernel_version	Pointer to kernel version string
>  0210/1	2.00+	type_of_loader	Boot loader identifier
>  0211/1	2.00+	loadflags	Boot protocol option flags
> @@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset	Proto	Name		Meaning
>  0224/2	2.01+	heap_end_ptr	Free memory after setup end
>  0226/2	N/A	pad1		Unused
>  0228/4	2.02+	cmd_line_ptr	32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
> -022C/4	2.03+	initrd_addr_max	Highest legal initrd address
> +022C/4	2.03+	ramdisk_max	Highest legal initrd address
>  0230/4	2.05+	kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
>  0234/1	2.05+	relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
> -0235/3	N/A	pad2		Unused
> +0235/1	N/A	pad2		Unused
> +0236/2	N/A	pad3		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
> @@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol:	2.00+
>    e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
>    10.17.
> 
> -Field name:	readmode_swtch
> +Field name:	realmode_swtch
>  Type:		modify (optional)
>  Offset/size:	0x208/4
>  Protocol:	2.00+
> 
>    Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.)
> 
> -Field name:	start_sys
> +Field name:	start_sys_seg
>  Type:		read
>  Offset/size:	0x20c/2
>  Protocol:	2.00+
> @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol:	2.02+
>    zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support
>    the 2.02+ protocol.
> 
> -Field name:	initrd_addr_max
> +Field name:	ramdisk_max
>  Type:		read
>  Offset/size:	0x22c/4
>  Protocol:	2.03+

This one doesn't seem to have been picked up by x86 maintainers ... guys, 
could anyone please Ack it, so that i can take it through trivial tree, or 
take it through x86 tree?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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