Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-09-19 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Alan Cox wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:10:28 +0800 > "Huang, Ying" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This patch defines a 32-bit boot protocol and adds corresponding >> document. It is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. >> >> >> Known issues: >> >> - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from t

Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-09-19 Thread Alan Cox
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:10:28 +0800 "Huang, Ying" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch defines a 32-bit boot protocol and adds corresponding > document. It is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. > > > Known issues: > > - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from the zero page. Additional >

Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-09-18 Thread Huang, Ying
On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 22:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Huang, Ying wrote: > > Known issues: > > > > - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from the zero page. Additional > > work should be done for this? Or this is unnecessary (because no new > > fields will be added to zero page)? > > >

Re: [PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-09-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Huang, Ying wrote: > Known issues: > > - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from the zero page. Additional > work should be done for this? Or this is unnecessary (because no new > fields will be added to zero page)? > For backwards compatibility, they should be marked as there for the sho

[PATCH -mm -v2 2/2] i386/x86_64 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-09-18 Thread Huang, Ying
This patch defines a 32-bit boot protocol and adds corresponding document. It is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. Known issues: - The hd0_info and hd1_info are deleted from the zero page. Additional work should be done for this? Or this is unnecessary (because no new fields will be adde