Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:25:23 -0600 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Andrew Duane <aduane@juniper.net> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Soliciting opinions on an extension of the bootinfo structure Message-ID: <4E6940D3.4070801@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AC6674AB7BC78549BB231821ABF7A9AEB748F9A329@EMBX01-WF.jnpr.net> References: <AC6674AB7BC78549BB231821ABF7A9AEB748F9A329@EMBX01-WF.jnpr.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> I'm proposing an extension framework for the bootinfo structure used > to pass information from the bootstrap/loader to the kernel. Although > I'm only proposing this for the MIPS bootinfo, it's completely > applicable to any of them. > > What I propose is adding an optional platform extension structure: > bootinfo_pext, surrounded by #ifdef BOOTINFO_PEXT Any reason not to put the vendor bits into another piece of loader metadata ? That seems the extensible way to add additional info from the loader, rather than extending bootinfo (as was the case pre-loader days). later, Peter.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4E6940D3.4070801>