1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!
3 The zero page is a kernel internal data structure, not a stable ABI. It might change
4 without warning and the kernel has no way to detect old version of it.
5 If you're writing some external code like a boot loader you should only use
6 the stable versioned real mode boot protocol described in boot.txt. Otherwise the kernel
7 might break you at any time.
8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!
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11 Summary of boot_params layout (kernel point of view)
12 ( collected by Hans Lermen and Martin Mares )
14 The contents of boot_params are used to pass parameters from the
15 16-bit realmode code of the kernel to the 32-bit part. References/settings
18 arch/i386/boot/setup.S
19 arch/i386/boot/video.S
20 arch/i386/kernel/head.S
21 arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
24 Offset Type Description
25 ------ ---- -----------
26 0 32 bytes struct screen_info, SCREEN_INFO
27 ATTENTION, overlaps the following !!!
28 2 unsigned short EXT_MEM_K, extended memory size in Kb (from int 0x15)
29 0x20 unsigned short CL_MAGIC, commandline magic number (=0xA33F)
30 0x22 unsigned short CL_OFFSET, commandline offset
31 Address of commandline is calculated:
32 0x90000 + contents of CL_OFFSET
33 (only taken, when CL_MAGIC = 0xA33F)
34 0x40 20 bytes struct apm_bios_info, APM_BIOS_INFO
35 0x60 16 bytes Intel SpeedStep (IST) BIOS support information
36 0x80 16 bytes hd0-disk-parameter from intvector 0x41
37 0x90 16 bytes hd1-disk-parameter from intvector 0x46
39 0xa0 16 bytes System description table truncated to 16 bytes.
40 ( struct sys_desc_table_struct )
41 0xb0 - 0x13f Free. Add more parameters here if you really need them.
42 0x140- 0x1be EDID_INFO Video mode setup
44 0x1c4 unsigned long EFI system table pointer
45 0x1c8 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor size
46 0x1cc unsigned long EFI memory descriptor version
47 0x1d0 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map pointer
48 0x1d4 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map size
49 0x1e0 unsigned long ALT_MEM_K, alternative mem check, in Kb
50 0x1e4 unsigned long Scratch field for the kernel setup code
51 0x1e8 char number of entries in E820MAP (below)
52 0x1e9 unsigned char number of entries in EDDBUF (below)
53 0x1ea unsigned char number of entries in EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (below)
54 0x1f1 char size of setup.S, number of sectors
55 0x1f2 unsigned short MOUNT_ROOT_RDONLY (if !=0)
56 0x1f4 unsigned short size of compressed kernel-part in the
57 (b)zImage-file (in 16 byte units, rounded up)
58 0x1f6 unsigned short swap_dev (unused AFAIK)
59 0x1f8 unsigned short RAMDISK_FLAGS
60 0x1fa unsigned short VGA-Mode (old one)
61 0x1fc unsigned short ORIG_ROOT_DEV (high=Major, low=minor)
62 0x1ff char AUX_DEVICE_INFO
64 0x200 short jump to start of setup code aka "reserved" field.
65 0x202 4 bytes Signature for SETUP-header, ="HdrS"
66 0x206 unsigned short Version number of header format
67 Current version is 0x0201...
68 0x208 8 bytes (used by setup.S for communication with boot loaders,
70 0x210 char LOADER_TYPE, = 0, old one
71 else it is set by the loader:
83 bit0 = 1: kernel is loaded high (bzImage)
84 bit7 = 1: Heap and pointer (see below) set by boot
86 0x212 unsigned short (setup.S)
87 0x214 unsigned long KERNEL_START, where the loader started the kernel
88 0x218 unsigned long INITRD_START, address of loaded ramdisk image
89 0x21c unsigned long INITRD_SIZE, size in bytes of ramdisk image
90 0x220 4 bytes (setup.S)
91 0x224 unsigned short setup.S heap end pointer
92 0x226 unsigned short zero_pad
93 0x228 unsigned long cmd_line_ptr
94 0x22c unsigned long ramdisk_max
95 0x230 16 bytes trampoline
96 0x290 - 0x2cf EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (edd.S)
98 0xd00 - 0xeff EDDBUF (edd.S) for disk signature read sector
99 0xd00 - 0xeeb EDDBUF (edd.S) for edd data