Re: [RFC -mm 1/2] i386/x86_64 boot: setup data

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Mon Sep 17 2007 - 21:10:14 EST


On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 08:30 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Huang, Ying wrote:
> > This patch add a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated
> > single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel
> > header. This is used to define a more extensible boot parameters
> > passing mechanism.
>
> You MUST NOT add a field like this without changing the version number,
> and, since you expect to enter the kernel at the PM entrypoint, you
> better *CHECK* that version number before ever descending down the chain.
>

I forgot changing the version number in boot/head.S. I will add it. And
I will add version number checking before descending down the chain.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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