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author | Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> | 2024-11-28 17:23:39 +0200 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2024-12-11 09:07:40 -0700 |
commit | efba5970794159f45ea1e577258baa5d27cd6dfc (patch) | |
tree | 4c681387cf04e41a64704acec69f4f207b7240b4 | |
parent | f23d79d6c4acab3e46ad1d79668d3cdf69829746 (diff) | |
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x86/Documentation: Align Note Blocks style
The file collects pieces from different epochs and hence has unaligned
style of the Note Blocks (in terms of reStructuredText specification).
Align the style to be the same structured:
- start the text under 't' column from '.. note::' directive
- convert a couple of plain text notes to use '.. note::' directive
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241128152546.2396782-3-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst | 40 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst index 17a7da883895..069073ecc87e 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Protocol 2.14 BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT Protocol 2.15 (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and kernel_info.setup_type_max. ============= ============================================================ - .. note:: +.. note:: The protocol version number should be changed only if the setup header is changed. There is no need to update the version number if boot_params or kernel_info are changed. Additionally, it is recommended to use @@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ Offset/Size Proto Name Meaning =========== ======== ===================== ============================================ .. note:: - (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the - real value is 4. + (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, + the real value is 4. - (2) For boot protocol prior to 2.04, the upper two bytes of the syssize - field are unusable, which means the size of a bzImage kernel - cannot be determined. + (2) For boot protocol prior to 2.04, the upper two bytes of the syssize + field are unusable, which means the size of a bzImage kernel + cannot be determined. - (3) Ignored, but safe to set, for boot protocols 2.02-2.09. + (3) Ignored, but safe to set, for boot protocols 2.02-2.09. If the "HdrS" (0x53726448) magic number is not found at offset 0x202, the boot protocol version is "old". Loading an old kernel, the @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ All general purpose boot loaders should write the fields marked nonstandard address should fill in the fields marked (reloc); other boot loaders can ignore those fields. -The byte order of all fields is littleendian (this is x86, after all.) +The byte order of all fields is little endian (this is x86, after all.) ============ =========== Field name: setup_sects @@ -1206,10 +1206,11 @@ bit (LOAD_HIGH) in the loadflags field is set:: is_bzImage = (protocol >= 0x0200) && (loadflags & 0x01); load_address = is_bzImage ? 0x100000 : 0x10000; -Note that Image/zImage kernels can be up to 512K in size, and thus use -the entire 0x10000-0x90000 range of memory. This means it is pretty -much a requirement for these kernels to load the real-mode part at -0x90000. bzImage kernels allow much more flexibility. +.. note:: + Image/zImage kernels can be up to 512K in size, and thus use the entire + 0x10000-0x90000 range of memory. This means it is pretty much a + requirement for these kernels to load the real-mode part at 0x90000. + bzImage kernels allow much more flexibility. Special Command Line Options ============================ @@ -1439,12 +1440,13 @@ The boot loader *must* fill out the following fields in bp:: All other fields should be zero. -NOTE: The EFI Handover Protocol is deprecated in favour of the ordinary PE/COFF - entry point, combined with the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID based initrd - loading protocol (refer to [0] for an example of the bootloader side of - this), which removes the need for any knowledge on the part of the EFI - bootloader regarding the internal representation of boot_params or any - requirements/limitations regarding the placement of the command line - and ramdisk in memory, or the placement of the kernel image itself. +.. note:: + The EFI Handover Protocol is deprecated in favour of the ordinary PE/COFF + entry point, combined with the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID based initrd + loading protocol (refer to [0] for an example of the bootloader side of + this), which removes the need for any knowledge on the part of the EFI + bootloader regarding the internal representation of boot_params or any + requirements/limitations regarding the placement of the command line + and ramdisk in memory, or the placement of the kernel image itself. [0] https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/ec80b4735a593961fe701cc3a5d717d4739b0fd0 |