From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 15:00:53 +0200 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyaT-003SSY-AN for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 15:00:53 +0200 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyaS-000815-4z for lore@pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 15:00:52 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Owner; bh=tiK0sgyNs98HPDXBsxHvTGMOlW4SBAdGTe8DaObwIzI=; b=VuQKeLBPd/Q0Or6j6GEjpJcht4 dmeabv2v7+UYjiB1aWAQxBJZ2u4z0wCcOf6Npl2vf9iOu56tCrxyZ7JXP7PBT0uR6GrO1WklzfdMH d1CqLgajnyZE1BMpYzof/m1JBQ8oPDSSELOm0U8SH2Sfa1/SFY7fe8oNvazof9CiGW27uzvlW93v/ lMUAMQMoadoc+LZc0EVEEfD8SgZdbTao13URsc227tiRmdJ9dIQURJZqSuh7NbJ+owa947fxDSKOk dkROE1kpsdZCosXNIEnQ4l/LLYnTdJ4pvSI7uBllZmYOilD9GhZPAfDgKp3rSBQBdHDT+P6Euh66m VOT1KnNA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1oeyYb-001H6B-Ev; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 12:58:57 +0000 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1oeyYX-001H5G-7Y for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 12:58:54 +0000 Received: from drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:c01:1d::a2]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyYA-0007qG-4G; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:30 +0200 Received: from [2a0a:edc0:0:1101:1d::ac] (helo=dude04.red.stw.pengutronix.de) by drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyY9-004BTN-WC; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:28 +0200 Received: from afa by dude04.red.stw.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyY7-00EGj3-O0; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:27 +0200 From: Ahmad Fatoum To: hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Ahmad Fatoum Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 14:57:53 +0200 Message-Id: <20221002125752.3400831-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20221002_055853_276563_28C07672 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 10.38 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.ext.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for barebox X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de) barebox[1], a bootloader for mostly ARM and MIPS embedded systems, can also be built as EFI payload for x86[2] to provide redundant power-fail safe, watchdog-supervised boot up. Since its v2015.09.0 release, it has been booting Linux on x86 with type_of_loader=0xff[3]. Reserve 13, the next free id, so that can be used instead in the future. [1]: https://www.barebox.org/ [2]: https://www.barebox.org/doc/latest/boards/efi.html [3]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/barebox/v2022.09.0/source/common/efi/payload/image.c#L217 Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum --- v1 -> v2: - elaborate on what barebox is and add some links to commit message (Boris) v1 was here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de/ --- Documentation/x86/boot.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst index 894a19897005..240d084782a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst @@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ 11 Minimal Linux Bootloader 12 OVMF UEFI virtualization stack + 13 barebox == ======================================= Please contact if you need a bootloader ID value assigned. -- 2.30.2