linux/kernel
H. Peter Anvin 5031296c57 x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and version
A long ago, in days of yore, it all began with a god named Thor.
There were vikings and boats and some plans for a Linux kernel
header.  Unfortunately, a single 8-bit field was used for bootloader
type and version.  This has generally worked without *too* much pain,
but we're getting close to flat running out of ID fields.

Add extension fields for both type and version.  The type will be
extended if it the old field is 0xE; the version is a simple MSB
extension.

Keep /proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_type containing
(type << 4) + (ver & 0xf) for backwards compatiblity, but also add
/proc/sys/kernel/bootloader_version which contains the full version
number.

[ Impact: new feature to support more bootloaders ]

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-05-11 17:45:06 -07:00
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irq Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus', 'irq-fixes-for-linus' and 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-09 10:35:30 -07:00
power swap: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT 2009-04-15 12:10:13 +02:00
time Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-03-26 16:05:42 -07:00
trace tracing/filters: return proper error code when writing filter file 2009-04-12 11:59:29 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04 2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
async.c async: remove the temporary (2.6.29) "async is off by default" code 2009-03-28 13:05:30 -07:00
audit.c Audit: remove spaces from audit_log_d_path 2009-04-05 13:49:04 -04:00
audit.h fixing audit rule ordering mess, part 1 2009-01-04 15:14:41 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: incorrect ref counting in audit tree tag_chunk 2009-04-05 13:48:26 -04:00
auditfilter.c make the e->rule.xxx shorter in kernel auditfilter.c 2009-04-05 13:40:33 -04:00
auditsc.c Audit: remove spaces from audit_log_d_path 2009-04-05 13:49:04 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 04 2009-01-14 14:15:19 +01:00
cgroup.c memcg: fix OOM killer under memcg 2009-04-02 19:04:55 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c debug cgroup: remove unneeded cgroup_lock 2009-04-02 19:04:54 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c freezer_cg: disable writing freezer.state of root cgroup 2008-11-12 17:17:16 -08:00
compat.c Allow times and time system calls to return small negative values 2009-01-06 15:59:13 -08:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: remove useless comments 2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
cpu.c cpumask: use set_cpu_active in init/main.c 2009-03-30 22:05:12 +10:30
cpuset.c cpusets: prevent PF_THREAD_BOUND tasks from attaching to non-root cpusets 2009-04-02 19:04:57 -07:00
cred-internals.h CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
cred.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 2009-01-09 13:59:25 -08:00
delayacct.c schedstat: consolidate per-task cpu runtime stats 2008-12-18 13:54:01 +01:00
dma-coherent.c dma-coherent: Restore dma_alloc_from_coherent() large alloc fall back policy. 2009-01-21 18:51:53 +09:00
dma.c kernel/dma.c: remove a CVS keyword 2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00
exec_domain.c Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h 2009-03-31 23:00:27 -04:00
exit.c Merge branch 'irq/threaded' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-07 14:07:52 -07:00
extable.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
fork.c Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus', 'irq-fixes-for-linus' and 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-09 10:35:30 -07:00
freezer.c freezer_cg: use thaw_process() in unfreeze_cgroup() 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
futex.c futex: comment requeue key reference semantics 2009-04-02 23:39:53 +02:00
futex_compat.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: fix rq->lock inversion (again) 2009-03-31 14:52:52 +02:00
hung_task.c softlockup: ensure the task has been switched out once 2009-02-11 11:04:16 +01:00
itimer.c timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers 2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
kallsyms.c Ksplice: Add functions for walking kallsyms symbols 2009-03-31 13:05:32 +10:30
Kconfig.freezer container freezer: implement freezer cgroup subsystem 2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt rcu: provide RCU options on non-preempt architectures too 2008-12-25 09:31:28 +01:00
kexec.c kexec: vmcoreinfo_data[] can become static 2009-04-02 19:05:04 -07:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c kgdb: call touch_softlockup_watchdog on resume 2008-10-06 13:50:59 -05:00
kmod.c module: create a request_module_nowait() 2009-03-31 13:05:35 +10:30
kprobes.c kprobes: support per-kprobe disabling 2009-04-07 08:31:08 -07:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c:fix dependence on CONFIG_NET 2009-01-06 10:44:31 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: move sched-realeted initialization from kthreadd context 2009-04-09 09:50:37 +09:30
latencytop.c sched, latencytop: incorporate review feedback from Andrew Morton 2009-02-11 10:18:04 +01:00
lockdep.c Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-06 13:37:30 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: get_user_chars() redo 2009-02-14 23:28:22 +01:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: warn about disabled lock debugging 2009-02-14 23:28:28 +01:00
lockdep_states.h lockdep: move state bit definitions around 2009-02-14 23:27:59 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup 2009-04-07 11:15:40 +02:00
marker.c markers/tracpoints: fix non-modular build 2008-11-16 09:52:03 +01:00
module.c async: Fix module loading async-work regression 2009-04-11 12:44:49 -07:00
mutex-debug.c mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex-debug.h mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: have non-spinning mutexes on s390 by default 2009-04-09 19:28:24 +02:00
mutex.h mutex: implement adaptive spinning 2009-01-14 18:09:02 +01:00
notifier.c Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc6' into core/debug 2008-11-26 08:22:50 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: relax ns_can_attach checks to allow attaching to grandchild cgroups 2009-04-02 19:04:53 -07:00
nsproxy.c User namespaces: set of cleanups (v2) 2008-11-24 18:57:41 -05:00
panic.c lockdep: continue lock debugging despite some taints 2009-04-12 16:10:52 +02:00
params.c param: fix charp parameters set via sysfs 2009-03-31 13:05:30 +10:30
pid.c pids: refactor vnr/nr_ns helpers to make them safe 2009-04-02 19:05:02 -07:00
pid_namespace.c signals: zap_pid_ns_process() should use force_sig() 2009-04-02 19:04:58 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-09 10:37:28 -07:00
posix-timers.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 05 2009-01-14 14:15:20 +01:00
printk.c Merge branch 'printk-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 10:23:25 -07:00
profile.c profiling: fix broken profiling regression 2009-02-10 00:50:37 +01:00
ptrace.c ptrace: fix exit_ptrace() vs ptrace_traceme() race 2009-04-13 15:04:31 -07:00
rcuclassic.c kmemtrace, rcu: fix linux/rcutree.h and linux/rcuclassic.h dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:02 +02:00
rcupdate.c rcu: rcu_barrier VS cpu_hotplug: Ensure callbacks in dead cpu are migrated to online cpu 2009-03-31 00:09:37 +02:00
rcupreempt.c kmemtrace, rcu: fix rcupreempt.c data structure dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:04 +02:00
rcupreempt_trace.c "Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation 2008-12-18 21:56:04 +01:00
rcutorture.c cpumask: convert rcutorture.c 2009-03-30 22:05:16 +10:30
rcutree.c kmemtrace, rcu: fix rcu_tree_trace.c data structure dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:03 +02:00
rcutree.h kmemtrace, rcu: fix rcu_tree_trace.c data structure dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:03 +02:00
rcutree_trace.c kmemtrace, rcu: fix rcu_tree_trace.c data structure dependencies 2009-04-03 12:23:03 +02:00
relay.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
res_counter.c memcg: memory cgroup resource counters for hierarchy 2009-01-08 08:31:05 -08:00
resource.c resources: fix parameter name and kernel-doc 2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
sched.c Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc1' into sched/urgent 2009-04-08 17:26:00 +02:00
sched_clock.c Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linus 2009-04-02 00:49:02 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c sched_rt: don't allocate cpumask in fastpath 2009-04-01 13:24:51 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h cpumask: remove cpumask_t from core 2009-03-30 22:05:17 +10:30
sched_debug.c sched: remove unused fields from struct rq 2009-03-24 23:16:51 +01:00
sched_fair.c Merge branch 'sched/urgent'; commit 'v2.6.29-rc5' into sched/core 2009-02-15 21:15:16 +01:00
sched_features.h Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-03-30 17:17:35 -07:00
sched_idletask.c sched: add CONFIG_SMP consistency 2008-10-22 10:01:52 +02:00
sched_rt.c Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc1' into sched/urgent 2009-04-08 17:26:00 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: remove unused fields from struct rq 2009-03-24 23:16:51 +01:00
seccomp.c x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole 2009-03-02 15:41:30 -08:00
semaphore.c
signal.c signals: SI_USER: Masquerade si_pid when crossing pid ns boundary 2009-04-02 19:04:58 -07:00
slow-work.c Document the slow work thread pool 2009-04-03 16:42:35 +01:00
smp.c generic-ipi: eliminate WARN_ON()s during oops/panic 2009-03-13 10:47:34 +01:00
softirq.c Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-06 13:37:30 -07:00
softlockup.c softlockup: decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection 2009-01-16 14:06:04 +01:00
spinlock.c Allow rwlocks to re-enable interrupts 2009-04-02 19:05:11 -07:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: provide save_stack_trace_tsk() weak alias 2008-12-25 11:44:43 +01:00
stop_machine.c cpumask: remove cpumask_t from core 2009-03-30 22:05:17 +10:30
sys.c kernel/sys.c: clean up sys_shutdown exit path 2009-04-13 15:04:32 -07:00
sys_ni.c [CVE-2009-0029] Make sys_syslog a conditional system call 2009-01-14 14:15:16 +01:00
sysctl.c x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and version 2009-05-11 17:45:06 -07:00
sysctl_check.c net: add ARP notify option for devices 2009-02-01 01:04:33 -08:00
taskstats.c cpumask: convert rest of files in kernel/ 2009-01-01 10:12:28 +10:30
test_kprobes.c kprobes: add tests for register_kprobes 2009-01-06 15:59:20 -08:00
time.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 01 2009-01-14 14:15:18 +01:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus', 'irq-fixes-for-linus' and 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-09 10:35:30 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints: dont update zero-sized tracepoint sections 2009-03-18 19:55:00 +01:00
tsacct.c Fix fixpoint divide exception in acct_update_integrals 2009-03-09 08:13:35 -07:00
uid16.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 19 2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
up.c smp_call_function_single(): be slightly less stupid, fix #2 2009-01-12 16:04:37 +01:00
user.c Merge branch 'master' into next 2009-03-24 10:52:46 +11:00
user_namespace.c Fix recursive lock in free_uid()/free_user_ns() 2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c proc_sysctl: use CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL around ipc and utsname proc_handlers 2009-04-02 19:05:01 -07:00
wait.c wait: prevent exclusive waiter starvation 2009-02-05 12:56:48 -08:00
workqueue.c work_on_cpu(): rewrite it to create a kernel thread on demand 2009-04-09 09:50:37 +09:30