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[Xen-merge] [PATCH] x86-64: eliminate boot_params use

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Subject: [Xen-merge] [PATCH] x86-64: eliminate boot_params use
From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:11:02 +0100
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As for i386, boot_params has no meaning in the Xen kernel, as it is only
communicating information from real mode; to prevent ill assumptions all
users should be removed and/or disabled. This goes hand in hand with the
subsequent bootsetup.h merge patch. Jan

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