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

On 8/28/06, H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> wrote:

Totally pointless since we're in 16-bit mode (as is the "incl %esi")...
I guess it's "better" in the sense that if we run out of that we'll
crash due to a segment overrun... maybe (some BIOSes leave us
unknowningly in big real mode...)

So leave as is? Loading address into esi and reference as si?
Or modify the whole code to use 16 bits?

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev.
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