From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759508AbYLPVGV (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:06:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755549AbYLPVGM (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:06:12 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:33934 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755520AbYLPVGM (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:06:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:01 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Philipp Kohlbecher Cc: Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ian Campbell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol Message-ID: <20081216210601.GL14787@elte.hu> References: <49454749.2030901@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49454749.2030901@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Philipp Kohlbecher 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 > > --- > > Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) applied to tip/x86/doc, thanks! Ingo