Re: Reserve a boot-loader ID number for Xen

From: Dave Jones
Date: Sat Sep 09 2006 - 21:10:22 EST


On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 04:55:30PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however:
> 5 ELILO
> 7 GRuB
> 8 U-BOOT
> + 9 Xen
>
> Please contact <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> if you need a bootloader ID
> value assigned.
> ===================================================================
> --- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
> @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ 0x210 char LOADER_TYPE, = 0, old one
> 2 for bootsect-loader
> 3 for SYSLINUX
> 4 for ETHERBOOT
> + 5 for ELILO
> + 7 for GRuB
> + 8 for U-BOOT
> + 9 for Xen
> V = version
> 0x211 char loadflags:

Is there a reason 6 has been skipped ?

Dave

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