From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081216210601.GL14787@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49454749.2030901@gmx.de>
* Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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(-)
applied to tip/x86/doc, thanks!
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-16 21:06 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
2008-12-16 21:06 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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