From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:17:40 +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 1oetEK-0039Ms-9x for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:17:40 +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 1oetEJ-0002QI-8a for lore@pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:17:39 +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: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=r5YvOgpkJky0O9UIfjpxgl7DGN6Ash6L9ohxlXWlhsc=; b=DqsBCKt5roBDz3YQU06J7CnSjK k5wL8IZfOwFoAR7gSaPBziOZANDPPxbEKT4ZsRCDlSv8qEm9HE47PcVNMciVTFhcwbPry5TgBdnwL lAvfHjA25gaX9zx1j61bteu18uNnlZwwVOPlMQW54y0u5ZHBCSjT5NyGPSlR8/SVvhlhhh+BRV/ah s2rRJqtvKWlRibBlVblQZtfo1IHs10DzRx8Ao0K0PkibK+yI8G+nZVMdg/NLIEQrCQdlcm2A1ywUd V/u3Wd/3ntxAkKlfLESUIpxGRlHUcQjSjCXgPeuKiFQxAtv5OgKIgrn6pYGmXO6bU2A7NTY3ZK+am aRTb7X6A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1oetCR-000APv-RD; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:15:43 +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 1oetCL-000AO2-TU for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:15:40 +0000 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oetBv-00021X-Pp; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:15:11 +0200 Message-ID: <5da3593c-1607-9075-e1ac-1e384fd62b93@pengutronix.de> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 09:15:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 Content-Language: en-US To: Borislav Petkov Cc: hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , barebox@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org References: <20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> From: Ahmad Fatoum In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20221002_001537_956811_63A6C70A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.52 ) 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=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 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) 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 |