kernel-fxtec-pro1x/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
H. Peter Anvin 5616c23ad9 x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from Doc/x86/i386
The boot protocol, USB legacy support, and zero-page documentation is
common to the x86 platform, not i386-specific.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-07-22 15:34:38 -04:00

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The additional fields in struct boot_params as a part of 32-bit boot
protocol of kernel. These should be filled by bootloader or 16-bit
real-mode setup code of the kernel. References/settings to it mainly
are in:
include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
Offset Proto Name Meaning
/Size
000/040 ALL screen_info Text mode or frame buffer information
(struct screen_info)
040/014 ALL apm_bios_info APM BIOS information (struct apm_bios_info)
060/010 ALL ist_info Intel SpeedStep (IST) BIOS support information
(struct ist_info)
080/010 ALL hd0_info hd0 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table)
140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info)
1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)
1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB
1E4/004 ALL scratch Scratch field for the kernel setup code
1E8/001 ALL e820_entries Number of entries in e820_map (below)
1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below)
1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer
(below)
290/040 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures
2D0/A00 ALL e820_map E820 memory map table
(array of struct e820entry)
D00/1EC ALL eddbuf EDD data (array of struct edd_info)