From 25ccbcba744cf15d74ae0f826eb3e8417286352b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:31:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 63883 b: refs/heads/master c: 43fb2387d0774a36f450b50d538cee84cf83858e h: refs/heads/master i: 63881: b97acd6d0db9f21245f5445c461b25ac7198e756 63879: f64188db68904fd957963087baa75f602332b24a v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 8f5f209617c1..70bd18b94a39 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: d3f7eae182b04997be19343a23f7009170f4f7a5 +refs/heads/master: 43fb2387d0774a36f450b50d538cee84cf83858e diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/trunk/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt index 75b3680c41eb..6c0817c45683 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!! +The zero page is a kernel internal data structure, not a stable ABI. It might change +without warning and the kernel has no way to detect old version of it. +If you're writing some external code like a boot loader you should only use +the stable versioned real mode boot protocol described in boot.txt. Otherwise the kernel +might break you at any time. +!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Summary of boot_params layout (kernel point of view) ( collected by Hans Lermen and Martin Mares )