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Re: [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v2 06/11] multiboot2: Add description of EFI i


From: Andrei Borzenkov
Subject: Re: [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v2 06/11] multiboot2: Add description of EFI image handle tags
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:59:38 +0300
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24.11.2016 23:40, Daniel Kiper пишет:
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>
> ---
>  doc/multiboot.texi |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/multiboot2.h   |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
> index cc1edab..dca3e62 100644
> --- a/doc/multiboot.texi
> +++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
> @@ -1288,6 +1288,34 @@ u32     | size = 8          |
>  
>  This tag indicates ExitBootServices wasn't called
>  
> address@hidden EFI 32-bit image handle pointer
> address@hidden
> address@hidden
> +        +-------------------+
> +u32     | type = 19         |
> +u32     | size = 12         |
> +u32     | pointer           |

Why it is not u_phys or u_virt as appropriate?

> +        +-------------------+
> address@hidden group
> address@hidden example
> +
> +This tag contains pointer to EFI i386 image handle.
> +Usually it is boot loader image handle.
> +
> address@hidden EFI 64-bit image handle pointer
> address@hidden
> address@hidden
> +        +-------------------+
> +u32     | type = 20         |
> +u32     | size = 16         |
> +u64     | pointer           |

Same. Again, why there are two tags in the first place? It sounds like
perfect fit for "data of the same size as target architecture
[virtual|physical] address size".





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