# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
 
                .ascii  "HdrS"          # header signature
-               .word   0x0208          # header version number (>= 0x0105)
+               .word   0x0209          # header version number (>= 0x0105)
                                        # or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
                .globl realmode_swtch
 realmode_swtch:        .word   0, 0            # default_switch, SETUPSEG
 payload_offset:                .long input_data
 payload_length:                .long input_data_end-input_data
 
+setup_data:            .quad 0                 # 64-bit physical pointer to
+                                               # single linked list of
+                                               # struct setup_data
+
 # End of setup header #####################################################
 
        .section ".inittext", "ax"
 
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/start_kernel.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
        reserve_early(lowmem, 0x100000, "BIOS reserved");
 }
 
+static void __init reserve_setup_data(void)
+{
+       struct setup_data *data;
+       unsigned long pa_data;
+       char buf[32];
+
+       if (boot_params.hdr.version < 0x0209)
+               return;
+       pa_data = boot_params.hdr.setup_data;
+       while (pa_data) {
+               data = early_ioremap(pa_data, sizeof(*data));
+               sprintf(buf, "setup data %x", data->type);
+               reserve_early(pa_data, pa_data+sizeof(*data)+data->len, buf);
+               pa_data = data->next;
+               early_iounmap(data, sizeof(*data));
+       }
+}
+
 void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 {
        int i;
 #endif
 
        reserve_ebda_region();
+       reserve_setup_data();
 
        /*
         * At this point everything still needed from the boot loader
 
        machine_specific_memory_setup();
 }
 
+static void __init parse_setup_data(void)
+{
+       struct setup_data *data;
+       unsigned long pa_data;
+
+       if (boot_params.hdr.version < 0x0209)
+               return;
+       pa_data = boot_params.hdr.setup_data;
+       while (pa_data) {
+               data = early_ioremap(pa_data, PAGE_SIZE);
+               switch (data->type) {
+               default:
+                       break;
+               }
+               free_early(pa_data, pa_data+sizeof(*data)+data->len);
+               pa_data = data->next;
+               early_iounmap(data, PAGE_SIZE);
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * setup_arch - architecture-specific boot-time initializations
  *
        strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
        *cmdline_p = command_line;
 
+       parse_setup_data();
+
        parse_early_param();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
 
 #include <asm/ist.h>
 #include <video/edid.h>
 
+/* setup data types */
+#define SETUP_NONE                     0
+
+/* extensible setup data list node */
+struct setup_data {
+       u64 next;
+       u32 type;
+       u32 len;
+       u8 data[0];
+};
+
 struct setup_header {
        __u8    setup_sects;
        __u16   root_flags;
        __u32   cmdline_size;
        __u32   hardware_subarch;
        __u64   hardware_subarch_data;
+       __u32   payload_offset;
+       __u32   payload_length;
+       __u64   setup_data;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 struct sys_desc_table {