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| author | Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de> | 2008-12-14 20:50:01 +0300 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-17 00:05:09 +0300 |
| commit | e1286f2c686f5976e0424bb6195ece25e7a17607 (patch) | |
| tree | c1fba5f0ba3dbd73ab09164082c4aae0304aebfe /Documentation | |
| parent | 78f902ccc597d6ce3e8d1477d70f2d79e960ba7a (diff) | |
| download | linux-e1286f2c686f5976e0424bb6195ece25e7a17607.tar.xz | |
x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol
Impact: clarify documentation
Documentation/x86/boot.txt describes payload_offset as the offset
from the end of the real-mode code. In fact, it is more accurately
described as the offset from the beginning of the protected-mode
code, as (a) this is how it is actually calculated and (b) the padding
after the real-mode code is not included in the offset.
Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 804d9b1a46ef..fcdc62b3c3d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type: read Offset/size: 0x248/4 Protocol: 2.08+ - If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the - real-mode code to the payload. + If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning + of the protected-mode code to the payload. The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic |