Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Alexandre Ghiti <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: riscv: Update boot image header since EFI stub is supported | Date | Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:47:05 +0200 |
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The EFI stub is supported on RISC-V so update the documentation that explains how the boot image header was reused to support it.
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> --- Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.rst b/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.rst index a4a45310c4c4..df2ffc173e80 100644 --- a/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.rst +++ b/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.rst @@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ header in future. Notes ===== -- This header can also be reused to support EFI stub for RISC-V in future. EFI - specification needs PE/COFF image header in the beginning of the kernel image - in order to load it as an EFI application. In order to support EFI stub, - code0 should be replaced with "MZ" magic string and res3(at offset 0x3c) should - point to the rest of the PE/COFF header. +- This header is also reused to support EFI stub for RISC-V. EFI specification + needs PE/COFF image header in the beginning of the kernel image in order to + load it as an EFI application. In order to support EFI stub, code0 is replaced + with "MZ" magic string and res3(at offset 0x3c) points to the rest of the + PE/COFF header. - version field indicate header version number -- 2.39.2
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