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Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup_data

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To: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...>
Cc: <hpa@...>, <andi@...>, <mingo@...>, <tglx@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 7:33 am

Huang wrote:
+/* setup data types */
+#define SETUP_NONE			0
+
+/* extensible setup data list node */
+struct setup_data {
+	u64 next;
+	u32 type;
+	u32 len;
+	u8 data[0];
+};


I don't understand what purpose the 'type' field serves.

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