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

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To: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:53:54 -0700
Cc: Georg Lippold <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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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 architectureneed to be consistent.

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


	-hpa
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