Re: [PATCH] x86 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-10-23 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Huang, Ying wrote: This patch documents the 32-bit boot protocol of x86. It has been used by Kexec and LinuxBIOS. This patch is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. +At entry, the CPU must be in 32-bit protected mode with paging +disabled; a GDT must be loaded with the descriptors for selecto

[PATCH] x86 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocol

2007-10-23 Thread Huang, Ying
This patch documents the 32-bit boot protocol of x86. It has been used by Kexec and LinuxBIOS. This patch is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- boot.txt | 38 zero-page.txt | 130 +-