[email protected] (matthew green) writes:
>> I have added another option. The bootloader may pass a string >> that is interpreted as in 2. or 3. Like the other options, the >> data is passed in a global variable from MD to MI code. >> >> Previously defined variables are: >> >> boothowto - boot flags >> booted_device - the boot disk and unit >> booted_partition - the boot partition >> booted_startblk - the offset of the boot partition >> booted_nblks - the sizee of the boot partition >> >> Now there is also: >> >> bootspec - the name of the boot device >is this in a manual somewhere? could you make it so if not? :) There is cpu_rootconf(9) that needs to be extended. >thanks. i like this change. I hope that more bootloaders adopt it. Currently it's evbarm and I will commit a change for x86/multiboot when I had a chance to test it.
