> >>> +be prefixed with header/magic and its size, e.g.:
> >>> +
> >>> + kernel_info:
> >>> + .ascii "LToP" /* Header, Linux top (structure). */
> >>> + .long kernel_info_var_len_data - kernel_info
> >>> + .long kernel_info_end - kernel_info
> >>> +
On 10/10/19 2:43 AM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:43:31PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Questions and comments below...
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On 10/9/19 3:53 AM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>>
>>> Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
>>> Reviewed-by: Konra
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 05:43:31PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Questions and comments below...
> Thanks.
>
> On 10/9/19 3:53 AM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>
> > Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
> > Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > Reviewed-by: Ross Philipson
Hi,
Questions and comments below...
Thanks.
On 10/9/19 3:53 AM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Reviewed-by: Ross Philipson
> ---
> ---
> Documentation/x86/boot.rst | 121
> +++
The relationships between the headers are analogous to the various data
sections:
setup_header = .data
boot_params/setup_data = .bss
What is missing from the above list? That's right:
kernel_info = .rodata
We have been (ab)using .data for things that could go into .rodata or .bss for
a lo
