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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/pe.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/pe.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pe.h b/include/linux/pe.h index 5e1e11540870..fdf9c95709ba 100644 --- a/include/linux/pe.h +++ b/include/linux/pe.h @@ -11,25 +11,26 @@ #include <linux/types.h> /* - * Linux EFI stub v1.0 adds the following functionality: - * - Loading initrd from the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path, - * - Loading/starting the kernel from firmware that targets a different - * machine type, via the entrypoint exposed in the .compat PE/COFF section. + * Starting from version v3.0, the major version field should be interpreted as + * a bit mask of features supported by the kernel's EFI stub: + * - 0x1: initrd loading from the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path, + * - 0x2: initrd loading using the initrd= command line option, where the file + * may be specified using device path notation, and is not required to + * reside on the same volume as the loaded kernel image. * * The recommended way of loading and starting v1.0 or later kernels is to use * the LoadImage() and StartImage() EFI boot services, and expose the initrd * via the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path. * - * Versions older than v1.0 support initrd loading via the image load options - * (using initrd=, limited to the volume from which the kernel itself was - * loaded), or via arch specific means (bootparams, DT, etc). + * Versions older than v1.0 may support initrd loading via the image load + * options (using initrd=, limited to the volume from which the kernel itself + * was loaded), or only via arch specific means (bootparams, DT, etc). * - * On x86, LoadImage() and StartImage() can be omitted if the EFI handover - * protocol is implemented, which can be inferred from the version, - * handover_offset and xloadflags fields in the bootparams structure. + * The minor version field must remain 0x0. + * (https://lore.kernel.org/all/efd6f2d4-547c-1378-1faa-53c044dbd297@gmail.com/) */ -#define LINUX_EFISTUB_MAJOR_VERSION 0x1 -#define LINUX_EFISTUB_MINOR_VERSION 0x1 +#define LINUX_EFISTUB_MAJOR_VERSION 0x3 +#define LINUX_EFISTUB_MINOR_VERSION 0x0 /* * LINUX_PE_MAGIC appears at offset 0x38 into the MS-DOS header of EFI bootable |