Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping)

H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-28T18:30:50Z

Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> On 8/28/06, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>> Totally pointless since we're in 16-bit mode (as is the "incl %esi")...
>> I guess it's "better" in the sense that if we run out of that we'll
>> crash due to a segment overrun... maybe (some BIOSes leave us
>> unknowningly in big real mode...)
>
> So leave as is? Loading address into esi and reference as si?
> Or modify the whole code to use 16 bits?
>

Probably modifying the whole code to use 16 bits, unless there is a
specific reason not to (Matt?)

-hpa