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phcoder wrote:
> Hello. In this case we can transfer the whole functionality located in
> kern/loader.c to a dedicated module boot.mod. This module will also
> register "boot" command. In this way the encapsulation won't be broken
> and kernel will become even smaller.

Remember that realmode code needs to reside below < 1 MiB. That is the
reason realmode code is embedded in kernel. In there you only see jumps
to RM and back to PM.