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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:45:48 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for
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On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:30:39PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> barebox built as EFI payload has been booting Linux on x86 with
> type_of_loader=0xff since v2015.09.0.

What is barebox?

That https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebox ?

That version number v2015 - am I to understand it that it has been
booting Linux since the year 2015?

In any case, it would be useful to explain a bit what it is here.

> Reserve 13, the next free id, so this can be used instead.

Sure, I guess, why not.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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