From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, barebox@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for barebox Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 09:15:09 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <5da3593c-1607-9075-e1ac-1e384fd62b93@pengutronix.de> (raw) In-Reply-To: <YzjDHOWkIoWF+h/R@zn.tnic> Hello, On 02.10.22 00:45, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:30:39PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: >> barebox built as EFI payload has been booting Linux on x86 with >> type_of_loader=0xff since v2015.09.0. > > What is barebox? > > That https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebox ? Yes. > > That version number v2015 - am I to understand it that it has been > booting Linux since the year 2015? > > In any case, it would be useful to explain a bit what it is here. Release cadence is monthly. Starting with release v2015.09.0, type_of_loader=0xff was being used. I figured it's about time, we allocate an ID for it. > >> Reserve 13, the next free id, so this can be used instead. > > Sure, I guess, why not. > > Thx. Cheers, Ahmad -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-02 7:17 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2022-05-13 14:30 Ahmad Fatoum 2022-10-01 22:45 ` Borislav Petkov 2022-10-02 7:15 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message] 2022-10-02 11:29 ` Borislav Petkov
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