Commit-ID: 686966d881bd49bd6349b47c59dfc4bfc7b5e3b6
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/686966d881bd49bd6349b47c59dfc4bfc7b5e3b6
Author: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:19:33 -0800
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:26:57 -0800
x86, doc: Add a bootloader ID for OVMF
OVMF (an implementation of UEFI based on TianoCore used in virtual
environments) now has the ability to boot Linux natively; this is used
for "qemu -kernel" and similar things in a UEFI environment.
Accordingly, assign it a bootloader ID.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index e540fd6..b443f1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
F Special (0xFF = undefined)
10 Reserved
11 Minimal Linux Bootloader <http://sebastian-plotz.blogspot.de>
+ 12 OVMF UEFI virtualization stack
Please contact <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> if you need a bootloader ID
value assigned.
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