Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread Huang, Ying
On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 08:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Huang, Ying wrote: > > This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated > > single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel > > header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters > > passing

Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Huang, Ying wrote: > This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated > single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel > header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters > passing mechanism. You MUST NOT add a field like this without changing the

[RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread Huang, Ying
This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/i386/Kconfig|

[RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread Huang, Ying
This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- arch/i386/Kconfig|

Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Huang, Ying wrote: This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism. You MUST NOT add a field like this without changing the

Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

2007-09-17 Thread Huang, Ying
On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 08:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Huang, Ying wrote: This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters passing mechanism.