From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
Cc: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:27:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4946695A.9080603@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1229332954.25349.78.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>
Ian Campbell wrote:
>
> The padding after the real-mode code which you mention is just the
> implicit padding because the size of the real-mode code is specified in
> sectors (and hence is rounded up), isn't it?
>
> Is it worth saying that the payload_offset is relative to (setup_sectors
> +1) * 512?
>
Yes, the padding is considered part of the real mode code. The phrasing
you're suggesting is probably the most unambiguous, though.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-15 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-14 17:50 [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol Philipp Kohlbecher
2008-12-15 9:22 ` Ian Campbell
2008-12-15 11:27 ` Philipp Kohlbecher
2008-12-15 11:34 ` Ian Campbell
2008-12-15 14:27 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-12-16 21:06 ` Ingo Molnar
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