Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Support multiboot2 images

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:12:43PM +0200, Varad Gautam wrote:
> Add a new type `multiboot2-x86` that allows loading multiboot2 [1] images
> within the relocation range specified in the image header. The image is
> always placed at the lowest available address, regardless of the
> preference information.
> 
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot2/multiboot.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Varad Gautam <vrd@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/x86/multiboot2.h         | 416 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kexec/arch/i386/kexec-mb2-x86.c  | 543 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.c      |   2 +
>  kexec/arch/x86_64/Makefile       |   1 +
>  kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-x86_64.c |   2 +
>  kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-x86_64.h |   5 +
>  kexec/kexec.8                    |  24 ++
>  7 files changed, 993 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/x86/multiboot2.h
>  create mode 100644 kexec/arch/i386/kexec-mb2-x86.c
> 
> diff --git a/include/x86/multiboot2.h b/include/x86/multiboot2.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5693923
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/x86/multiboot2.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
> +/*  multiboot2.h - Multiboot 2 header file.  */
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As per my comment on your previous posting of this patch:

multiboot2.h does not appear to be licenced as GPLv2.
This seems incompatible with inclusion in kexec-tools.
Can we discuss this?

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