Some people writing boot loaders seem to falsely belief the 32bit zero page is a
stable interface for out of tree code like the real mode boot protocol. Add a comment
clarifying that is not true.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
Index: linux/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
+++ linux/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!
+The zero page is a kernel internal data structure, not a stable ABI. It might change
+without warning and the kernel has no way to detect old version of it.
+If you're writing some external code like a boot loader you should only use
+the stable versioned real mode boot protocol described in boot.txt. Otherwise the kernel
+might break you at any time.
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
Summary of boot_params layout (kernel point of view)
( collected by Hans Lermen and Martin Mares )
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