diff options
| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-05-07 16:54:11 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-05-11 17:45:06 -0700 |
| commit | 5031296c57024a78ddad4edfc993367dbf4abb98 (patch) | |
| tree | 7506daf7aabf25a5ec567fcd2e644fe22cd91eca /arch | |
| parent | fe83fcc0a14dcf71996de5eb84771b2369ba7abc (diff) | |
x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and version
A long ago, in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor.
There were vikings and boats and some plans for a Linux kernel
header. Unfortunately, a single 8-bit field was used for bootloader
type and version. This has generally worked without *too* much pain,
but we're getting close to flat running out of ID fields.
Add extension fields for both type and version. The type will be
extended if it the old field is 0xE; the version is a simple MSB
extension.
Keep /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type containing
(type << 4) + (ver & 0xf) for backwards compatiblity, but also add
/proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_version which contains the full version
number.
[ Impact: new feature to support more bootloaders ]
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/header.S | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 10 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S index a0b426978d5..68c3bfbaff2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S +++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S @@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ heap_end_ptr: .word _end+STACK_SIZE-512 # end of setup code can be used by setup # for local heap purposes. -pad1: .word 0 +ext_loader_ver: + .byte 0 # Extended boot loader version +ext_loader_type: + .byte 0 # Extended boot loader type + cmd_line_ptr: .long 0 # (Header version 0x0202 or later) # If nonzero, a 32-bit pointer # to the kernel command line. diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h index 433adaebf9b..1724e8de317 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ struct setup_header { __u32 ramdisk_size; __u32 bootsect_kludge; __u16 heap_end_ptr; - __u16 _pad1; + __u8 ext_loader_ver; + __u8 ext_loader_type; __u32 cmd_line_ptr; __u32 initrd_addr_max; __u32 kernel_alignment; diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h index fcf4d92e7e0..6384d25121c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ extern unsigned int BIOS_revision; /* Boot loader type from the setup header: */ extern int bootloader_type; +extern int bootloader_version; extern char ignore_fpu_irq; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c index b4158439bf6..2b093451aec 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c @@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ unsigned long mmu_cr4_features; unsigned long mmu_cr4_features = X86_CR4_PAE; #endif -/* Boot loader ID as an integer, for the benefit of proc_dointvec */ -int bootloader_type; +/* Boot loader ID and version as integers, for the benefit of proc_dointvec */ +int bootloader_type, bootloader_version; /* * Setup options @@ -706,6 +706,12 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) #endif saved_video_mode = boot_params.hdr.vid_mode; bootloader_type = boot_params.hdr.type_of_loader; + if ((bootloader_type >> 4) == 0xe) { + bootloader_type &= 0xf; + bootloader_type |= (boot_params.hdr.ext_loader_type+0x10) << 4; + } + bootloader_version = bootloader_type & 0xf; + bootloader_version |= boot_params.hdr.ext_loader_ver << 4; #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM rd_image_start = boot_params.hdr.ram_size & RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK; |