Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:55:41 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] x86: Add macro for 64bit entry startup_64 | From | Yinghai Lu <> |
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:44 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > I don't see any point in three flags here. Let's stick to one flag; then it fits in the existing boot_flags field.
the magic AA55
boot/header.S:boot_flag: .word 0xAA55
if change that to other value, would it break existing boot loader? aka old boot loader could boot the new bzImage anymore.
Thanks
Yinghai
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