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-rw-r--r--Documentation/i386/boot.txt18
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/header.S6
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
index 05c24dfd7ecf..2eb16100bb3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
-0248/4 2.08+ compressed_payload_offset
-024C/4 2.08+ compressed_payload_length
+0248/4 2.08+ payload_offset Offset of kernel payload
+024C/4 2.08+ payload_length Length of kernel payload
(1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the
real value is 4.
@@ -514,22 +514,24 @@ Protocol: 2.07+
A pointer to data that is specific to hardware subarch
-Field name: compressed_payload_offset
+Field name: payload_offset
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x248/4
Protocol: 2.08+
If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the
- real-mode code to the compressed payload. The compression format
- should be determined using the standard magic number, currently only
- gzip is used.
+ real-mode code to the payload.
+
+ The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
+ uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
+ numbers. Currently only gzip compressed ELF is used.
-Field name: compressed_payload_length
+Field name: payload_length
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x24c/4
Protocol: 2.08+
- The length of the compressed payload.
+ The length of the payload.
**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 40c91bb483e1..6d2df8d61c54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -224,10 +224,8 @@ hardware_subarch: .long 0 # subarchitecture, added with 2.07
hardware_subarch_data: .quad 0
-compressed_payload_offset:
- .long input_data
-compressed_payload_length:
- .long input_data_end-input_data
+payload_offset: .long input_data
+payload_length: .long input_data_end-input_data
# End of setup header #####################################################