From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:48:44 +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 1oelHo-002q3h-3t for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:48:44 +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 1oelHm-0004nA-V3 for lore@pengutronix.de; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:48:43 +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:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=78ArbpS+MX7FxuZXq49R157qE0Wc8Xe7wlyjEwfZans=; b=J64PumA2LgjKbAbPPgZy+qNEfM otNW9cbKG93sdaVY4+GyLepSGgsszJ35PWJ6kg3vzvHDNoCM9BHBT70c8dnSa1151E+ShWvwV/dx3 EIKiSV9XILXc1IkC5NWsPdGdSQTB/w3uMQy8UpTOiOAOv7gcZuPQflPtO0UAPc12wxnKTputXCMRd FVfHzXtCwjMkNCtlIoS2XcuYCKc0sQWBtYnQa92smPr/6XKeA6+FP4d1d3XC895pkaqZea3hwwyRW d6+omYoXfFKPcrblDOxl3sUKcG+pkMQ4PWPqeIAGF4V7dL0Uj1vsOZjP9r4K6UT/pwP6EVXxZQre/ 5rLg5Q3w==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1oelFM-00GP5d-FK; Sat, 01 Oct 2022 22:46:12 +0000 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1oelFC-00GP3x-M8 for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2022 22:46:08 +0000 Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ea9733e7b3329c23fffea6a903.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ea:9733:e7b3:329c:23ff:fea6:a903]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 1FBFA1EC0657; Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:45:52 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1664664352; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=78ArbpS+MX7FxuZXq49R157qE0Wc8Xe7wlyjEwfZans=; b=EddN4d5SoC1sFt620IUcnZsknZ3P+dlpL5H+cYZkJofAn6uB6+nXDQrmbGtY1krLjZhFzf haIm1nyN2qI8dlSKYRlQ1KoqcM+LtkTbU1YAhEZtav1t6Cei0ACeyuVn33GJHirguwBYzP LkLNLlSLb7oHSjnZqQgGnqAdRh+lXQQ= Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:45:48 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Ahmad Fatoum 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 Message-ID: References: <20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20221001_154602_919139_A496B3E3 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 8.36 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. 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=-4.3 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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: 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) 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 ? 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. > Reserve 13, the next free id, so this can be used instead. Sure, I guess, why not. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette