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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id p20-20020a170902b09400b00172c1c0c117si7232087plr.214.2022.10.02.06.20.36; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229805AbiJBM6w (ORCPT + 99 others); Sun, 2 Oct 2022 08:58:52 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55392 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229682AbiJBM6u (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Oct 2022 08:58:50 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [IPv6:2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA0953A171 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2022 05:58:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:c01:1d::a2]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyYA-0007qG-4G; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:30 +0200 Received: from [2a0a:edc0:0:1101:1d::ac] (helo=dude04.red.stw.pengutronix.de) by drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyY9-004BTN-WC; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:28 +0200 Received: from afa by dude04.red.stw.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oeyY7-00EGj3-O0; Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:58:27 +0200 From: Ahmad Fatoum To: hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Ahmad Fatoum Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: x86: boot: reserve type_of_loader=13 for barebox Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 14:57:53 +0200 Message-Id: <20221002125752.3400831-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a0a:edc0:0:c01:1d::a2 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: afa@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org barebox[1], a bootloader for mostly ARM and MIPS embedded systems, can also be built as EFI payload for x86[2] to provide redundant power-fail safe, watchdog-supervised boot up. Since its v2015.09.0 release, it has been booting Linux on x86 with type_of_loader=0xff[3]. Reserve 13, the next free id, so that can be used instead in the future. [1]: https://www.barebox.org/ [2]: https://www.barebox.org/doc/latest/boards/efi.html [3]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/barebox/v2022.09.0/source/common/efi/payload/image.c#L217 Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum --- v1 -> v2: - elaborate on what barebox is and add some links to commit message (Boris) v1 was here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220513143039.2065756-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de/ --- Documentation/x86/boot.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst index 894a19897005..240d084782a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst @@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ 11 Minimal Linux Bootloader 12 OVMF UEFI virtualization stack + 13 barebox == ======================================= Please contact if you need a bootloader ID value assigned. -- 2.30.2