Merge branch 'drm-patches' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied...

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / i386 / boot.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
index 10312be..9575de3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                     ----------------------------
 
                    H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
-                       Last update 2005-09-02
+                       Last update 2006-11-17
 
 On the i386 platform, the Linux kernel uses a rather complicated boot
 convention.  This has evolved partially due to historical aspects, as
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Protocol 2.03:        (Kernel 2.4.18-pre1) Explicitly makes the highest possible
                initrd address available to the bootloader.
 
 Protocol 2.04: (Kernel 2.6.14) Extend the syssize field to four bytes.
+Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable.
+               Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields.
 
 
 **** MEMORY LAYOUT
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ Offset      Proto   Name            Meaning
 0226/2 N/A     pad1            Unused
 0228/4 2.02+   cmd_line_ptr    32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
 022C/4 2.03+   initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address
+0230/4 2.05+   kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
+0234/1 2.05+   relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
 
 (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
     real value is 4.
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@ filled out, however:
        5  ELILO
        7  GRuB
        8  U-BOOT
+       9  Xen
 
        Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID
        value assigned.