arch/x86/boot.rst

4 The Linux/x86 Boot Protocol
20 Protocol 2.00	(Kernel 1.3.73) Added bzImage and initrd support, as
26 Protocol 2.01	(Kernel 1.3.76) Added a heap overrun warning.
28 Protocol 2.02	(Kernel 2.4.0-test3-pre3) New command line protocol.
35 Protocol 2.03	(Kernel 2.4.18-pre1) Explicitly makes the highest possible
38 Protocol 2.04	(Kernel 2.6.14) Extend the syssize field to four bytes.
40 Protocol 2.05	(Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable.
43 Protocol 2.06	(Kernel 2.6.22) Added a field that contains the size of
46 Protocol 2.07	(Kernel 2.6.24) Added paravirtualised boot protocol.
50 Protocol 2.08	(Kernel 2.6.26) Added crc32 checksum and ELF format
54 Protocol 2.09	(Kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical
57 Protocol 2.10	(Kernel 2.6.31) Added a protocol for relaxed alignment
61 Protocol 2.11	(Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover
64 Protocol 2.12	(Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
68 Protocol 2.13	(Kernel 3.14) Support 32- and 64-bit flags being set in
72 Protocol 2.14	BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT
77 Protocol 2.15	(Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and kernel_info.setup_type_max.
274 Protocol:	ALL
285 Protocol:	ALL
296 Protocol:	2.04+
308 Protocol:	ALL
325 Protocol:	ALL
335 Protocol:	ALL
345 Protocol:	2.00+
356 Protocol:	2.00+
365 Protocol:	2.00+
376 Protocol:	2.00+
385 Protocol:	2.00+
394 Protocol:	2.00+
416 Protocol:	2.00+
467 Protocol:	2.00+
496 	Protocol: 2.07+
511 Protocol:	2.00-2.01
529 Protocol:	2.00+
548 Protocol:	2.00+
558 Protocol:	2.00+
568 Protocol:	2.00+
577 Protocol:	2.01+
587 Protocol:	2.02+
604 Protocol:	2.02+
620 Protocol:	2.02+
638 Protocol:	2.03+
652 Protocol:	2.05+ (read), 2.10+ (modify)
669 Protocol:	2.05+
681 Protocol:	2.10+
699 Protocol:	2.12+
731 Protocol:	2.06+
743 Protocol:	2.07+
765 Protocol:	2.07+
776 Protocol:	2.08+
794 Protocol:	2.08+
803 Protocol:	2.09+
873 Protocol:	2.10+
920 Protocol:	2.15+
1327 32-bit Boot Protocol
1365 64-bit Boot Protocol
1404 EFI Handover Protocol (deprecated)
1436 NOTE: The EFI Handover Protocol is deprecated in favour of the ordinary PE/COFF