passing data from Linux to preloader

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passing data from Linux to preloader

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I would like to pass data (1 byte is enough) from Linux to preloader. Is there any general purpose register or a safe memory address I can write to and then reboot Linux?

Is the initswstate or the handoff registers for this purpose a bad idea?

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