On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:12 AM, David Woodhouse <dw...@infradead.org> wrote: > We're supposed to zero everything in the kernel bootparams that we don't > explicitly initialise, other than the setup_header from 0x1f1 onwards > for a precisely defined length, which is copied from the bzImage. > > We're *not* supposed to just pass the garbage that we happened to find > in the bzImage file surrounding the setup_header.
In which case might this be garbage? A PE/COFF based image? For non-PE/COFF kernels, will be potentially be zero'ing out valuable config information built into the image? -Jordan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
