aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
index 75b3680c41e..6c0817c4568 100644
--- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!
+The zero page is a kernel internal data structure, not a stable ABI. It might change
+without warning and the kernel has no way to detect old version of it.
+If you're writing some external code like a boot loader you should only use
+the stable versioned real mode boot protocol described in boot.txt. Otherwise the kernel
+might break you at any time.
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
Summary of boot_params layout (kernel point of view)
( collected by Hans Lermen and Martin Mares )