Hi!
The x86 bzImage contains a stub to inform people that it is not possible
any more to run a Linux kernel by catting it to a floppy and then
booting from it. This was meant to be all 16-bit code. The first
instruction, however, ended up as being coded as a 16:32-bit far jump. I
assume the intention was a 16:16-bit far jump.
This patch changes only x86_64.
Greetings,
Alexander
Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/bootsect.S b/arch/x86_64/boot/bootsect.S
index 011b7a4..ae9df0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/bootsect.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/bootsect.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ #endif
_start:
# Normalize the start address
- jmpl $BOOTSEG, $start2
+ jmpw $BOOTSEG, $start2
start2:
movw %cs, %ax
-
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