From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:20:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:20:32 -0400 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:26372 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:20:12 -0400 Message-ID: <3B338C2B.D036012F@didntduck.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:19:23 -0400 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: root@chaos.analogic.com, Schilling Richard , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > > > I could not find any reference to BIOS int 0x15, function 0x87, block- > > move, used to copy the kernel to above the 1 megabyte real-mode > > boundary. I think this is still used. > > I dont think the kernel has ever used it. The path has always been to enter > 32bit mode then relocate/uncompress the kernel, then run it It's in arch/i386/boot/setup.S, after label bootsect_second. It's only used with bzImage kernels and the floppy bootsector. -- Brian Gerst