Re-enabled HP-PA PALO boot preparations

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2014-04-09 07:31:47 +00:00
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9 changed files with 209 additions and 127 deletions

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.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.7, Apr 07, 2014"
.TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.7, Apr 09, 2014"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ MBR, GPT and APM are combinable. APM occupies the first 8 bytes of
MBR boot code. All three do not hamper El Torito booting from CDROM.
.br
There is support for further facilities:
MIPS Big Endian (SGI), MIPS Little Endian (DEC), SUN SPARC.
MIPS Big Endian (SGI), MIPS Little Endian (DEC), SUN SPARC, HP\-PA.
Those are mutually not combinable and also not combinable with MBR, GPT,
or APM.
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@ -2893,7 +2893,7 @@ can assume overwriteable media.
There are booting mechanisms which do not use an El Torito record but rather
start at the first bytes of the image: PC\-BIOS MBR for hard\-disk\-like devices,
MIPS Volume Header for old SGI computers, DEC Boot Block for old DECstation,
SUN Disk Label for SPARC machines.
SUN Disk Label for SPARC machines, HP\-PA boot sector for HP PA\-RISC machines.
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The boot firmware EFI may use programs which are located in a FAT filesystem
and announced by an MBR partition table entry.
@ -3152,6 +3152,28 @@ of the given file to be written after the SUN Disk Label. Both numbers are
counted in bytes. The address is written as 64 bit big\-endian number to
byte 0x228. The size is written as 32 bit big\-endian number to byte 0x230.
.br
\fBhppa_cmdline=\fRtext sets the PALO command line for HP\-PA. Up to 1023
characters are permitted by default. With hppa_hdrversion=4 the limit is 127.
.br
Note that the first five hppa_ bootspecs are mandatory, if any of the
hppa_ bootspecs is used. Only hppa_hdrversion= is allowed to be missing.
.br
\fBhppa_bootloader=\fRiso_rr_path designates the given path as HP\-PA
bootloader file.
.br
\fBhppa_kernel_32=\fRiso_rr_path designates the given path as HP\-PA
32 bit kernel file.
.br
\fBhppa_kernel_64=\fRiso_rr_path designates the given path as HP\-PA
64 bit kernel file.
.br
\fBhppa_ramdisk=\fRiso_rr_path designates the given path as HP\-PA
RAM disk file.
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\fBhppa_hdrversion=\fRnumber chooses between PALO header version 5 (default)
and version 4.
For the appropriate value see in PALO source code: PALOHDRVERSION.
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\fBmips_discard\fR and \fBsparc_discard\fR
revoke any boot file declarations made for mips or mipsel resp. sparc.
This removes the ban on production of other boot blocks.