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Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2019 18:03:33 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info et consortes
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On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 04:13:51PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Due to very limited space in the setup_header this patch series introduces new
> kernel_info struct which will be used to convey information from the kernel to
> the bootloader. This way the boot protocol can be extended regardless of the
> setup_header limitations. Additionally, the patch series introduces some
> convenience features like the setup_indirect struct and the
> kernel_info.setup_type_max field.

That's all fine and dandy but I'm missing an example about what that'll
be used for, in practice.

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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