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Signed-off-by: default avatarChangbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0



=========

Zero Page

=========

The additional fields in struct boot_params as a part of 32-bit boot

protocol of kernel. These should be filled by bootloader or 16-bit

real-mode setup code of the kernel. References/settings to it mainly

are in::



  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h



===========	=====	=======================	=================================================

Offset/Size	Proto	Name			Meaning



000/040		ALL	screen_info		Text mode or frame buffer information

						(struct screen_info)

040/014		ALL	apm_bios_info		APM BIOS information (struct apm_bios_info)

058/008		ALL	tboot_addr      	Physical address of tboot shared page

060/010		ALL	ist_info		Intel SpeedStep (IST) BIOS support information

						(struct ist_info)

080/010		ALL	hd0_info		hd0 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

090/010		ALL	hd1_info		hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

0A0/010		ALL	sys_desc_table		System description table (struct sys_desc_table),

						OBSOLETE!!

0B0/010		ALL	olpc_ofw_header		OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends

0C0/004		ALL	ext_ramdisk_image	ramdisk_image high 32bits

0C4/004		ALL	ext_ramdisk_size	ramdisk_size high 32bits

0C8/004		ALL	ext_cmd_line_ptr	cmd_line_ptr high 32bits

140/080		ALL	edid_info		Video mode setup (struct edid_info)

1C0/020		ALL	efi_info		EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)

1E0/004		ALL	alt_mem_k		Alternative mem check, in KB

1E4/004		ALL	scratch			Scratch field for the kernel setup code

1E8/001		ALL	e820_entries		Number of entries in e820_table (below)

1E9/001		ALL	eddbuf_entries		Number of entries in eddbuf (below)

1EA/001		ALL	edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries	Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer

						(below)

1EB/001		ALL     kbd_status      	Numlock is enabled

1EC/001		ALL     secure_boot		Secure boot is enabled in the firmware

1EF/001		ALL	sentinel		Used to detect broken bootloaders

290/040		ALL	edd_mbr_sig_buffer	EDD MBR signatures

2D0/A00		ALL	e820_table		E820 memory map table

						(array of struct e820_entry)

D00/1EC		ALL	eddbuf			EDD data (array of struct edd_info)

===========	=====	=======================	=================================================

Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt

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The additional fields in struct boot_params as a part of 32-bit boot

protocol of kernel. These should be filled by bootloader or 16-bit

real-mode setup code of the kernel. References/settings to it mainly

are in:



  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h





Offset	Proto	Name		Meaning

/Size



000/040	ALL	screen_info	Text mode or frame buffer information

				(struct screen_info)

040/014	ALL	apm_bios_info	APM BIOS information (struct apm_bios_info)

058/008	ALL	tboot_addr      Physical address of tboot shared page

060/010	ALL	ist_info	Intel SpeedStep (IST) BIOS support information

				(struct ist_info)

080/010	ALL	hd0_info	hd0 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

090/010	ALL	hd1_info	hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

0A0/010	ALL	sys_desc_table	System description table (struct sys_desc_table),

				OBSOLETE!!

0B0/010	ALL	olpc_ofw_header	OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends

0C0/004	ALL	ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits

0C4/004	ALL	ext_ramdisk_size  ramdisk_size high 32bits

0C8/004	ALL	ext_cmd_line_ptr  cmd_line_ptr high 32bits

140/080	ALL	edid_info	Video mode setup (struct edid_info)

1C0/020	ALL	efi_info	EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)

1E0/004	ALL	alt_mem_k	Alternative mem check, in KB

1E4/004	ALL	scratch		Scratch field for the kernel setup code

1E8/001	ALL	e820_entries	Number of entries in e820_table (below)

1E9/001	ALL	eddbuf_entries	Number of entries in eddbuf (below)

1EA/001	ALL	edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries	Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer

				(below)

1EB/001	ALL     kbd_status      Numlock is enabled

1EC/001	ALL     secure_boot	Secure boot is enabled in the firmware

1EF/001	ALL	sentinel	Used to detect broken bootloaders

290/040	ALL	edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures

2D0/A00	ALL	e820_table	E820 memory map table

				(array of struct e820_entry)

D00/1EC	ALL	eddbuf		EDD data (array of struct edd_info)

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