[PATCH] i386: Correct documentation for bzImage protocol v2.05

From: Vivek Goyal
Date: Mon Nov 20 2006 - 11:26:55 EST


o Correct the documentation for bzImage protocol extension due to relocatable
bzImage.

o Last time forgot to copy the patch to mailing list. Hence sending it
again.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2-vivek/Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN Documentation/i386/boot.txt~i386-correct-documentation-for-bzImage-protocol-extension Documentation/i386/boot.txt
--- linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2/Documentation/i386/boot.txt~i386-correct-documentation-for-bzImage-protocol-extension 2006-11-17 20:40:33.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc5-mm2-vivek/Documentation/i386/boot.txt 2006-11-17 20:41:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
----------------------------

H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- Last update 2005-09-02
+ Last update 2006-11-17

On the i386 platform, the Linux kernel uses a rather complicated boot
convention. This has evolved partially due to historical aspects, as
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused
0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address
-0230/4 2.04+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
-0234/1 2.04+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
+0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
+0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not

(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
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