Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Nov 2019 18:03:33 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info et consortes |
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On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 04:13:51PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Hi, > > Due to very limited space in the setup_header this patch series introduces new > kernel_info struct which will be used to convey information from the kernel to > the bootloader. This way the boot protocol can be extended regardless of the > setup_header limitations. Additionally, the patch series introduces some > convenience features like the setup_indirect struct and the > kernel_info.setup_type_max field.
That's all fine and dandy but I'm missing an example about what that'll be used for, in practice.
Thx.
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