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@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ 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 4.20) Added acpi_rsdp_addr holding the physical
- address of the ACPI RSDP table.
- The bootloader updates version with:
- 0x8000 | min(kernel-version, bootloader-version)
- kernel-version being the protocol version supported by
- the kernel and bootloader-version the protocol version
- supported by the bootloader.
-
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -209,7 +197,6 @@ 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.
@@ -322,7 +309,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
Contains the magic number "HdrS" (0x53726448).
Field name: version
-Type: modify
+Type: read
Offset/size: 0x206/2
Protocol: 2.00+
@@ -330,12 +317,6 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
10.17.
- Up to protocol version 2.13 this information is only read by the
- bootloader. From protocol version 2.14 onwards the bootloader will
- write the used protocol version or-ed with 0x8000 to the field. The
- used protocol version will be the minimum of the supported protocol
- versions of the bootloader and the kernel.
-
Field name: realmode_swtch
Type: modify (optional)
Offset/size: 0x208/4
@@ -763,17 +744,6 @@ 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