Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Dec 2004 01:34:43 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type |
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > > This patch exports to userspace the boot loader ID which has been > exported by (b)zImage boot loaders since boot protocol version 2.
Why does userspace need to know this?
> --- linux-2.5/arch/i386/Makefile 24 Dec 2004 21:09:54 -0000 1.73 > +++ linux-2.5/arch/i386/Makefile 28 Dec 2004 04:56:17 -0000 > @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ > LDFLAGS_vmlinux := > CHECKFLAGS += -D__i386__ > > +# This allows compilation with an x86-64 compiler > +CC_M32 := $(call cc-option,-m32) > +CC += $(CC_M32)
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