x86, boot: add linked list of struct setup_data
This patch adds a field of 64-bit physical pointer to NULL terminated
single linked list of struct setup_data to real-mode kernel
header. This is used as a more extensible boot parameters passing
mechanism.
Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
index 5115135..e865990 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
#include <asm/ist.h>
#include <video/edid.h>
+/* setup data types */
+#define SETUP_NONE 0
+
+/* extensible setup data list node */
+struct setup_data {
+ u64 next;
+ u32 type;
+ u32 len;
+ u8 data[0];
+};
+
struct setup_header {
__u8 setup_sects;
__u16 root_flags;
@@ -46,6 +57,9 @@
__u32 cmdline_size;
__u32 hardware_subarch;
__u64 hardware_subarch_data;
+ __u32 payload_offset;
+ __u32 payload_length;
+ __u64 setup_data;
} __attribute__((packed));
struct sys_desc_table {