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

H. Peter Anvin
2005-10-10T14:54:12Z

Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> Would it make sense to make it 1024 everywhere (and maybe move it out
> of arch specific files and just set it in one central place) ?
>

I would agree with that, *BUT* the boot protocol on each architecture
need to be consistent.

At the very least, though, i386 and x86-64 need to be changed together,
since they use the same bootstrap.

-hpa