From: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:50:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49454749.2030901@gmx.de> (raw)
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>
---
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 83c0033..414b6fb 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
next reply other threads:[~2008-12-14 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-14 17:50 Philipp Kohlbecher [this message]
2008-12-15 9:22 ` [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol Ian Campbell
2008-12-15 11:27 ` Philipp Kohlbecher
2008-12-15 11:34 ` Ian Campbell
2008-12-15 14:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-16 21:06 ` Ingo Molnar
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