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From: andrzej-kardas@o2.pl (Andrzej Kardas)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:03:36 +0100
Subject: LILO jump/retf question
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Hi,

I have been exploring  lilo bootloader last days, and i have a question:

There is piece of code in file bootsect.S like this:

;       jmpi    go,INITSEG         ; this line is commented out
         push    es
         push    #go
         retf

i wonder if are there any benefits of replacing line

jmpi    go,INITSEG  ; which, i think is more readable

by

push    es
push    #go
retf

besides to make people confused?

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Andrzej Kardas
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