@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk
above 4G in 64bit.
+Protocol 2.13: (Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
+ xloadflags to support booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit
+ EFI
+
+Protocol 2.14 (Kernel 4.16) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical
+ address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -197,6 +204,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0258/8 2.10+ pref_address Preferred loading address
0260/4 2.10+ init_size Linear memory required during initialization
0264/4 2.11+ handover_offset Offset of handover entry point
+0268/8 2.14+ acpi_rsdp_addr Physical address of RSDP table
(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
@@ -744,6 +752,17 @@ Offset/size: 0x264/4
See EFI HANDOVER PROTOCOL below for more details.
+Field name: acpi_rsdp_addr
+Type: write
+Offset/size: 0x268/8
+Protocol: 2.14+
+
+ This field can be set by the boot loader to tell the kernel the
+ physical address of the ACPI RSDP table.
+
+ A value of 0 indicates the kernel should fall back to the standard
+ methods to locate the RSDP.
+
**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _start:
# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
.ascii "HdrS" # header signature
- .word 0x020d # header version number (>= 0x0105)
+ .word 0x020e # header version number (>= 0x0105)
# or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
.globl realmode_swtch
realmode_swtch: .word 0, 0 # default_switch, SETUPSEG
@@ -558,6 +558,10 @@ pref_address: .quad LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR # preferred load addr
init_size: .long INIT_SIZE # kernel initialization size
handover_offset: .long 0 # Filled in by build.c
+acpi_rsdp_addr: .quad 0 # 64-bit physical pointer to the
+ # ACPI RSDP table, added with
+ # version 2.14
+
# End of setup header #####################################################
.section ".entrytext", "ax"
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct setup_header {
__u64 pref_address;
__u32 init_size;
__u32 handover_offset;
+ __u64 acpi_rsdp_addr;
} __attribute__((packed));
struct sys_desc_table {