Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750848AbVJJO7c (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:59:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750852AbVJJO7c (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:59:32 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.201]:24372 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750848AbVJJO7b convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:59:31 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=OAzelIwuojDdUwMMLTvM/j1lWtakfQ4kC3B+i804436OWdJ35QLJzYRs0Dxf6fV4D+sMkvz0sPmX8EH92x0Vq/79TguavNIu9u1TNrMk4OLmYpHlQ0conaY3fs/3NGBa7Q2zUndkD5QkcRjdvaCewIVNYgGfxPieCCfIV76sERI= Message-ID: <9e0cf0bf0510100759v722bbc5ay970b1aa99efba898@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:59:30 +0200 From: Alon Bar-Lev Reply-To: Alon Bar-Lev To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit Cc: Jesper Juhl , Georg Lippold , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <434A8082.9060202@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4315B668.6030603@gmail.com> <20050831215757.GA10804@taniwha.stupidest.org> <431628D5.1040709@zytor.com> <431DF9E9.5050102@gmail.com> <431DFEC3.1070309@zytor.com> <431E00C8.3060606@gmail.com> <4345A9F4.7040000@uni-bremen.de> <434A6220.3000608@gmx.de> <9a8748490510100621x7bc20c42g667cc083d26aaaa2@mail.gmail.com> <434A8082.9060202@zytor.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 25 On 10/10/05, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > Would it make sense to make it 1024 everywhere (and maybe move it out > > of arch specific files and just set it in one central place) ? > > > > I would agree with that, *BUT* the boot protocol on each architecture > need to be consistent. > > At the very least, though, i386 and x86-64 need to be changed together, > since they use the same bootstrap. > Great! Will you update the documentation of all? After that I can try to convince bootloaders fix their code... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/