8. Zero Page

The additional fields in struct boot_params as a part of 32-bit boot protocol of kernel. These should be filled by bootloader or 16-bit real-mode setup code of the kernel. References/settings to it mainly are in:

arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h

Offset/Size

Proto

Name

Meaning

000/040

ALL

screen_info

Text mode or frame buffer information (struct screen_info)

040/014

ALL

apm_bios_info

APM BIOS information (struct apm_bios_info)

058/008

ALL

tboot_addr

Physical address of tboot shared page

060/010

ALL

ist_info

Intel SpeedStep (IST) BIOS support information (struct ist_info)

080/010

ALL

hd0_info

hd0 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

090/010

ALL

hd1_info

hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!

0A0/010

ALL

sys_desc_table

System description table (struct sys_desc_table), OBSOLETE!!

0B0/010

ALL

olpc_ofw_header

OLPC’s OpenFirmware CIF and friends

0C0/004

ALL

ext_ramdisk_image

ramdisk_image high 32bits

0C4/004

ALL

ext_ramdisk_size

ramdisk_size high 32bits

0C8/004

ALL

ext_cmd_line_ptr

cmd_line_ptr high 32bits

140/080

ALL

edid_info

Video mode setup (struct edid_info)

1C0/020

ALL

efi_info

EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)

1E0/004

ALL

alt_mem_k

Alternative mem check, in KB

1E4/004

ALL

scratch

Scratch field for the kernel setup code

1E8/001

ALL

e820_entries

Number of entries in e820_table (below)

1E9/001

ALL

eddbuf_entries

Number of entries in eddbuf (below)

1EA/001

ALL

edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries

Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer (below)

1EB/001

ALL

kbd_status

Numlock is enabled

1EC/001

ALL

secure_boot

Secure boot is enabled in the firmware

1EF/001

ALL

sentinel

Used to detect broken bootloaders

290/040

ALL

edd_mbr_sig_buffer

EDD MBR signatures

2D0/A00

ALL

e820_table

E820 memory map table (array of struct e820_entry)

D00/1EC

ALL

eddbuf

EDD data (array of struct edd_info)