Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of structsetup_data

[Paul Jackson]

Huang wrote:
+/* setup data types */
+#define SETUP_NONE			0
+
+/* extensible setup data list node */
+struct setup_data {
+	u64 next;
+	u32 type;
+	u32 len;
+	u8 data[0];
+};


I don't understand what purpose the 'type' field serves.

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