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Introduce .boot.preserve.data section which is similar to .boot.data and "shared" between the decompressor code and the decompressed kernel. The decompressor will store values in it, and copy over to the decompressed image before starting it. This method allows to avoid using pre-defined addresses and other hacks to pass values between those boot phases. Unlike .boot.data section .boot.preserved.data is NOT a part of init data, and hence will be preserved for the kernel life time. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.