From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 16:40:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 16:40:19 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:13574 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 May 2002 16:40:18 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.12] x86 Boot enhancements, boot protocol 2.04 9/11 Date: 2 May 2002 13:39:14 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2002 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > +0200/2 2.00+ jump Jump instruction I would like to make it an explicit part of the protocol that the jump instruction must jump to the first byte following the header. It can therefore be used to determine the end of the header. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt