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retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2
--- boot.txt 14 Jan 2001 20:05:28 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ boot.txt 9 Apr 2002 16:55:41 -0000 1.2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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H. Peter Anvin <hp...@zy...>
- Last update 2000-07-27
+ Last update 2000-10-29
On the i386 platform, the Linux kernel uses a rather complicated boot
convention. This has evolved partially due to historical aspects, as
@@ -145,10 +145,20 @@
most of the fields in the header. The following fields should be
filled out, however:
+ vid_mode:
+ Please see the section on SPECIAL COMMAND LINE OPTIONS.
+
type_of_loader:
- If your boot loader has an identifier assigned in
- arch/i386/boot/setup.S, enter that value. Otherwise, enter
- 0xFF here.
+ If your boot loader has an assigned id (see table below), enter
+ 0xTV here, where T is an identifier for the boot loader and V is
+ a version number. Otherwise, enter 0xFF here.
+
+ Assigned boot loader ids:
+ 0 LILO
+ 1 Loadlin
+ 2 bootsect-loader
+ 3 SYSLINUX
+ 4 EtherBoot
loadflags, heap_end_ptr:
If the protocol version is 2.01 or higher, enter the
@@ -312,8 +322,8 @@
mem=<size>
<size> is an integer in C notation optionally followed by K, M
- or G (meaning << 10, << 20 or << 30). This specifies to the
- kernel the memory size. This affects the possible placement
+ or G (meaning << 10, << 20 or << 30). This specifies the end
+ of memory to the kernel. This affects the possible placement
of an initrd, since an initrd should be placed near end of
memory. Note that this is an option to *both* the kernel and
the bootloader!
@@ -385,8 +395,8 @@
appropriate time. The use of these hooks should probably be
considered an absolutely last resort!
-IMPORTANT: All the hooks are required to preserve %ebp, %esi and %edi
-across invocation.
+IMPORTANT: All the hooks are required to preserve %esp, %ebp, %esi and
+%edi across invocation.
realmode_swtch:
A 16-bit real mode far subroutine invoked immediately before
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