Re: [PATCH 2.5.12] x86 Boot enhancements, boot protocol 2.04 9/11

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
2 May 2002 13:39:14 -0700


Followup to: <m11ycuy48d.fsf_-_@frodo.biederman.org>
By author: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> +0200/2 2.00+ jump Jump instruction

I would like to make it an explicit part of the protocol that the jump
instruction must jump to the first byte following the header. It can
therefore be used to determine the end of the header.

-hpa

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