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- .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
- DeviceTree Booting
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- There is one single 32bit entry point to the kernel at code32_start,
- the decompressor (the real mode entry point goes to the same 32bit
- entry point once it switched into protected mode). That entry point
- supports one calling convention which is documented in
- Documentation/x86/boot.rst
- The physical pointer to the device-tree block is passed via setup_data
- which requires at least boot protocol 2.09.
- The type filed is defined as
- #define SETUP_DTB 2
- This device-tree is used as an extension to the "boot page". As such it
- does not parse / consider data which is already covered by the boot
- page. This includes memory size, reserved ranges, command line arguments
- or initrd address. It simply holds information which can not be retrieved
- otherwise like interrupt routing or a list of devices behind an I2C bus.
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